1. Common genres of nonfiction texts
Types of Nonfiction
Common genres of nonfiction texts

2. Genres Nonfiction: Fiction: Science fiction Self-help Satire Guide
Drama
Action and Adventure
Romance
Mystery
Horror
Children's
Poetry
Comics
Series
Trilogies
Fantasy
Anthologies
Nonfiction:
Self-help
Guide
Travel
Science
History
Math
Art
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Diaries
Journals
Biographies
Autobiographies
Memiors

3. Self-help
Experts in a specific area offer others advice for self-improvement
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4. Guide
Instructions on accomplishing a particular task or information about a particular topic. Generally used as a source of reference.
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5. travel
Either to educate others who might be interested in traveling somewhere or a journal/log to support themselves (i.e. helps in meeting their own travel expenses).
Travel writing can also take the form of tour guide books.

6. tRAVEL
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7. academic
An informational text focusing on a specific subject area or a range of subject areas
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8. encyclopedia
A summary of information from either many branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge
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9. dictionary A collection of words in one or more specific languages
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10. Diaries/Journals
A daily/regular record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary
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11. biography The life story of someone written by another person
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12. autobiography
The writer’s account of his/her own life
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13. memoir
The writer’s account of his/her own life focusing on specific/significant events or periods of time
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