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What are eight of the different kinds of nonfiction being written today?

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nonfiction include formal and informal essays, speeches, letters, diaries, journals, biographies, magazine articles, and newspaper stories.


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Non fiction writing is based on real events and people, the author comitts to telling the truth. There are several types of nonfiction:

- Autobiography: the author life is narrated by himself, the most important passages of his life are shown.

- Biography: here the author tells the story of another person, a research must be done to tell te truth and some of the most important events in his/her life.

- Diary: this is a day by day record of someones life, it is meant for the writer alone.

- Essay: here a brief examination of a subject is done, it is written in prose. it usually expreses limited view of the topic.

- Newspaper stories: they tell the story of an important fact that had some impact on society, it is made to keep people informed.

- Magazine articles: appear on magazines and are meant to entertain, the write about interesting topics based on real life.

- Science books: written by scientists that want to demonstrate a scientific fact, they are based on empirical experiments.

- Textbooks: a comprehensive compilation of content in a branch of a study.

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