nonfiction
When you read nonfiction, you're reading about something that really happened — it's not a story somebody made up.
Prose is divided into the two big categories of fiction and nonfiction, and nonfiction includes all kinds of things — biographies, histories, memoirs, how-to books, self-help, books on business, even books on writing. Narrative nonfiction relates stories that really happened but in a way that draws you in just like fiction does; it tells a true story, but with lots of drama and all the interesting quirks of the characters.
Definitions of nonfiction
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prose writing that is not fictional
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synonyms:
nonfictional prose
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types:
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article
nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
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column, editorial, newspaper column
an article giving opinions or perspectives
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feature, feature article
a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine
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magazine article
an article published in a magazine
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news article, news story, newspaper article
an article reporting news
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offprint, reprint, separate
a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
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paper
a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses
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think piece
an article in a newspaper or magazine or journal that represents opinions and ideas and discussion rather than bare facts
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type of:
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prose
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
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