Literary Non-Fiction
English Language: KS3, topic 5.1.6
Literary Non-Fiction
Non-fiction relates to all writing based on facts. The term ‘literary’ links to the writer’s use of creative writing methods and styles that you would usually find in fiction stories too.
Types of literary non-fiction
- Literary non-fiction can be written on a huge range of topics, as an essay or article.
- Travel writing is an important type of literary non-fiction.
- Travel writing uses creative language to help the reader imagine themselves in the place described.
- Essays are written formally to express a detailed view on a particular topic and balance facts.
Writing methods
- Writers will carefully consider their tone when writing literary non-fiction and choose language that suits this tone.
- Literary non-fiction can use:
- Rhetorical (persuasive) non-fiction methods.
- Fiction methods that are usually used in narratives.
Rhetorical methods
- Rhetorical methods may include:
- Statistics and facts
- Rhetorical questions
- Direct address
- Imperatives (command words) to motivate the reader to act
- Repetition
Test yourself on Literary Non-Fiction
What kind of literary non-fiction writing is written formally to express a detailed view on a particular topic and balance facts too?