Nonfiction Analysis Grid

Audience/Purpose Narrator/author Syntax: Genre: Language Theme

Questions: Questions:
Consider how the Creative Non-fiction Diction-->which Societal issues
Assuming that the Do you believe the following​ rhetorical Biography word choices imply relevant to:
audience is not narrator of the strategies​ might be Autobiography a particular ● Class
everyone in nonfiction work is used: Memoir negative or positive ● Race
general, what sort reliable or Magazine article interpretation? ● Gender
of person who do unreliable? Polysyndeton Editorial ● Marriage
you think is the Asyndeton Speech Diction-->Register, ● Equality
author hoping to How does the Anaphora dialect, ● Love
reach? What does author view Antithesis Ask yourself: colloquialisms,
the author want the himself/herself/the Parallelism What elements do I proverbs, Ask:
reader to mselves vs. how Alliteration expect to see vulgarities, What are the
know/believe/do? the outside Amplification normally in the pretentious author’s
work/society views Hyperbole organization, language, affected experiences that
What do you think him/her? How do Metaphor progression or speech, hyperbolic particularly carry
is the purpose of you know? Synecdoche features of the speech, etc. weight on
the author’s work? Metonymy particular genre? These help you his/her/their view of
How do you know? What does the Oxymoron To what extent identify where the society?
Is there a particular register/diction tell Inverted Syntax does the author author is from, their
experience or you about the Rhetorical meet those level of education In what way is the
conversation that narrator OR questions expectations? and their author attempting
provoked it? author’s level of Figurative motivations. to capture a
education, culture language What do you find particular moment
Does the author and/or context? Apostrophe usual or unusual in Allusions-->Allusion in time? Why does
allude to the Chiasmus the choices that the s also help us the author find that
context of the How would you Irony author is making. understand the time moment
writing? Is it a describe the tone of period as well as significant?
memoir? An the work? Cynical? Persuasion: If the author is the character who
editorial? Casual? Comedic? logos, ethos, using creative uses these To what extent
Ironic? pathos nonfiction, what allusions. Allusions does the work
Melancholic? truths does the can also help utilize storytelling
narrative reveal? determine theme. techniques?