1. Are a great type of creative nonfiction to start your nonfiction journey.

a. Essay
b. Memoir
c. Autobiography
d. Creative nonfiction

2. Presents an extended, evidence-based argument. It requires a strong thesis statement—a

clearly defined stance on your topic.
a. Narrative Essay
b. Descriptive Essay
c. Argumentative Essay
d. Expository Essay

3. Provides a clear, focused explanation of a topic. It doesn’t require an original argument,

just a balanced and well-organized view of the topic.
a. Narrative Essay
b. Descriptive Essay
c. Argumentative Essay
d. Expository Essay

4. Is one that tells a story. This is usually a story about a personal experience you had, but it
may also be an imaginative exploration of something you have not experienced.
a. Narrative Essay
b. Descriptive Essay
c. Argumentative Essay
d. Expository Essay

5. Provides a detailed sensory description of something. Like narrative essays, they allow
you to be more creative than most academic writing, but they are more tightly focused
than narrative essays.
a. Narrative Essay
b. Descriptive Essay
c. Argumentative Essay
d. Expository Essay

6. You write this it’s likely because you want to use your life experiences to speak to a
larger theme.
a. Essay
b. Memoir
c. Autobiography
d. Food writing

7. Because of this, readers will be interested in hearing details of your life and how your
experiences informed the person you are today.
a. Essay
b. Autobiography
c. Memoir
d. Food writing

8. Because you have been to the places you write about, you can describe your experience
in ways unique to your genre.
a. Essay
b. Travel Writing
c. Food Writing
d. Autobiography

9. You could focus on the role lifestyle plays in the food we eat, how food can play a large
part in a country’s culture, or inform readers on the importance agriculture plays.
a. Essay
b. Travel Writing
c. Food Writing
d. Autobiography

10. It is all about writing true stories that provide information about a variety of subjects,
enriched by relevant thoughtful ideas, personal insight, and intimacies about life and the
world we live in.
a. Essay
b. Travel Writing
c. Food Writing
d. Creative nonfiction