nonfiction

Thân thiện

A student reads a nonfiction book about planets in the library.

Definition

Noun: 1. Prose writing that is factual and informative: Nonfiction refers to written works based on real events, facts, and information, as opposed to imagined stories. Its primary purpose is to inform, explain, or persuade about the real world.

Usage

Nonfiction is a category of literature. It is used to describe books, articles, and other texts that present factual content. * You can read a work of nonfiction. * A library has a nonfiction section. * An author writes nonfiction.

Examples

• Biographies, history books, and science textbooks are all forms of nonfiction.
• She prefers reading nonfiction about historical events rather than novels.
• The journalist's nonfiction account of the war won several awards.

Advanced Usage

• Creative nonfiction: A genre that uses literary styles and techniques (like narrative and description) to create factually accurate prose. It includes personal essays, memoirs, and literary journalism.
  • The author is renowned for her powerful works of creative nonfiction.
• Narrative nonfiction: Nonfiction that tells a true story using the elements of a novel, such as a sustained narrative and character development.
  • That gripping book about the expedition is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.

Variants and Related Words

• Nonfictional (adjective): Of or relating to nonfiction.
  • He is a nonfictional writer.
• Fiction (noun): The opposite category; literature describing imaginary events and people.

Synonyms

• Factual writing
• Expository writing
• Informational text

Antonyms

• Fiction
• Novel
• Fantasy

Học thuật

Noun

1. prose writing that is not fictional

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nonfictional prose