FACT OR OPINION? “William Shakespeare, often called England's national poet, is considered the greatest dramatist of all time. His works are loved throughout the world.”
OPINION
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FACT OR OPINION? “William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor of the Renaissance era. He was an important member of the King’s Men company of theatrical players.”
FACT
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FACT OR OPINION? “No birth records exist, but an old church record indicates that William Shakespeare was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564.”
FACT
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FACT OR OPINION? “Uncertainty regarding his education has led some to raise questions about the authorship of his work (and even about whether or not Shakespeare really existed).”
OPINION
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FACT OR OPINION? “There are seven years of Shakespeare's life where no records exist after the birth of his twins in 1585.”
FACT
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FACT OR OPINION? "It's generally believed he arrived in London in the mid- to late 1580s and may have found work as a horse attendant at some of London's finer theaters."
OPINION
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FACT OR OPINION? “By 1599, Shakespeare and his business partners built their own theater on the south bank of the Thames River, which they called the Globe Theater.”
FACT
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FACT OR OPINION? “Skeptics questioned how anyone of such modest education could write with the intellectual perceptiveness and poetic power that is displayed in Shakespeare's works.”
OPINION
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TRUE OR FALSE? A biography is a written account of someone’s life.
TRUE
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TRUE OR FALSE? Biographies usually take a narrative form. This is why they’re considered works of realistic fiction.
TRUE
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TRUE OR FALSE? All biographies begin at birth and end with the death of the subject.
FALSE
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TRUE OR FALSE? According to V. Nabokov and S. Freud, biographers are “plagiarists” and “liars”.
FALSE
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This genre condenses the first-person focus and intimate scope of the memoir into a smaller, tighter package, reflected in its more restricted scope.
PERSONAL ESSAYS
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This kind of nonfiction includes intoxicating, real-life details and literary intrigue, as it combines a reporter’s integrity with fine literary techniques to create scenes and communicate themes.
LITERARY JOURNALISM
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Similar to an autobiography, a _________ is the story of a person’s life written by that person. These life stories are often from diary entries either from a first-person account or from a close family member or friend with access to perso
MEMOIRS
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A ___________, also called a bio, is a non-fiction piece of work giving an objective account of a person’s life.