Nonfiction+-+Meghan,+Jonathan,+Anna,+Mitch

__**﻿Discussion #1:**__
- Survival in Achwitz - Interested in Night and the Holocaust - - Memoirs of a boy soldier - Chose it because the - The Professor and the Madman - Chose it because it sounded interesting 2. Review Genre. Know:
 * Share the book and why?
 * Mitch
 * John
 * Meghan
 * Anna
 * Real
 * Different types of nonfiction
 * Usually tragic

Like: 3. Decide what you want to know more about the Genre.
 * Real stories
 * No fantasy
 * Interesting true tales
 * what makes a good nonfiction book
 * Why are they so tragic
 * Differences and similarities between nonfiction and autobiographies
 * The subject and the people
 * History

Master Techniques:
 * Imagery
 * Cool, Vivid Words

Effective Techniques:
 * Imagery

__﻿Discussions #2:__

 * == Differences and similarities between autobiography and nonfiction ==
 * == Differences and similarities between autobiography and nonfiction ==

2. 3. 4.
 * Both of them are true stories about people and their experiences
 * Autobiographies are written by the person themselves.
 * written about one person and their interactions
 * Autobiographies are sub categories of nonfiction
 * Why certain subjects and people are written about
 * Often they write about war which is tragic
 * Most people don't want to talk about it so they write it down
 * History
 * People who weren't there can still experience
 * Pass on knowledge and information to avoid mistakes
 * People
 * To commemorate them and honor them
 * Acknowledge their accomplishments
 * Strays away from the broader topic of the situation to the personal experience of that individual
 * Climax--> Turning point for the main character
 * Beginning- Learn about that topic/situation
 * Middle-climax
 * End- How the individual cam out of this situation (reacted)
 * Mitch-Imagery
 * It helps him feel like he can understand the situation more and the intensity
 * More relatable
 * Anna- Exposition (basic information)
 * There are alot of facts in her book
 * Word at beginning of chapter adds to the emphasis of the chapter and the topic of it
 * Jonathan- Flashback
 * Whole story is a flashback--> It works backwards
 * Makes him want to know what happens and is always suspenseful
 * Meghan- Point of View
 * NO dialogue--> young boy in the woods doesn't talk to anyone
 * He doesn't understand what is going on therefore the reader doesn't understand either
 * Makes it easy to read
 * IMAGERY
 * It makes the story easier to relate to--> Connected to the characters in the story because you can "feel" what they are "seeing"
 * POINT OF VIEW
 * Tells you what is happening from the personal point
 * you get the story from a primary source not like a guard at the camp but the actual captive.

__﻿Discussions #3:__
Because most of them are based on major historical events and all historical events have an ending. For example World War 2 had a clear ending. __**Master Techniques**__ Imagery- Because if the whole point of non-fictions is to tell a story that happened, the reader needs to be able to understand it and connect with it. Point of View- Because the point of view helps tell the perspective from different people in an event. Jonathan- My book doesn't focus on one specific person, which night does. Anna- Her book was more factual.
 * Mitch- Ended with him being liberated (Resolved)
 * Meghan- Ended at the end of the time period. (Resolved)
 * Jonathan- My book started out at the end and was a flashback leading up to it so it ended when the story reached the end of the war. (Resolved)
 * Anna- Ended with the completion of the Oxford dictionary and how it impacted the mens lives. (Resolved)
 * Why do most non-fiction books have resolved endings?**