Key learning points

1. Asking questions about the writer and time of publication can help us understand the perspective of the writer.
2. Asking questions about the genre, audience and publication can help understand the writer’s intentions.
3. Analysing non-fiction is important because it helps us understand why information is being offered to us in that way.
4. Developing a personal response is important because it helps us to see how the text fits with our world view.

Keywords

• Non-fiction - prose writing that is informative or factual rather than fictional

• Predict - say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something

• Prose - written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

• Informative - providing useful or interesting information

• Personal response - reflection of one's thoughts, feelings, and opinions on a particular topic or piece of literature

Common misconception