nonfiction literary terms
idea
1. objective
not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts
a police officer has to be objective when hearing both stories.
Police officers have to be objective on a daily basis.
subjective
based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
when one person likes a thing while another person thinks its nasty
suzy liked the cake more then jake
bias
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another
not caring or listing to the others story
patrick didn't care about judos story he only wanted to hear jacks
credible/valid
believable/ having a sound basis in logic or fact
being truthful is an act of behaving
pinaccho was not credible when telling where he was last night
conterargument
argument or reasoning put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument
arguing about a something
rick tried to tell jack space isn't real
fallacey
a mistaken belief, esp. one based on unsound argument
beliving in the wrong thing
jack had mistaken his belief for space