Nonfiction Literary Terms
IDEA
1.) Objective
not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts
A lawyer has to be objective no matter what side of the case your on.
My friend and the person I don't like got in trouble and I had to be unbiased about it because I was a witness of what happened.
Subjective
based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
When someone says that purple is the best color ever.
When I went to go pick out my shoes for my birthday, I had to choose one based on what I liked best.
Bias
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
People are biased towards things like race or sex, they stereotype certain things like saying Mexicans eat tacos or when guys call girls "chicks".
I am biased towards gays, I don't like them.
Credible/Valid
Believable/ having a sound basis in logic or fact
Dogs are mammals, that is a valid statement.