baseball players Nonfiction writing tells about real people, events, places, and objects. Nonfiction categories include Autobio-graphy, biography, essay, and speech.

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Bruce Brooks Animal Craftsmen Reflective Essay 614

Comparing Literary Works
Lionel G. García Baseball Autobio-graphy 624
Eudora Welty from One Writer's Beginnings Autobio-graphy 628

Comparing Literary Works
Stephen Longstreet Hokusai: The Old Man Mad About Drawing Biography 636
John Hersey Not to Go With the Others Biography 639

Comparing Literary Works
Anaïs Nin Forest Fire Descriptive Essay 648
James Herriot Debbie Narrative Essay 652

Comparing Literary Works
Robert MacNeil The Trouble with Television Speech 668
Martin Luther King, Jr. The American Dream Persuasive Essay 672