Non-fiction toolkit

Where do I start?

Is this text about:

Memories? Events? Places? Incidents?
Ideas? People? Thoughts?

How can I describe the impact/effect?

Interesting?
Controversial?
Informative?
Inspiring?
Thought-provoking?
Shocking?
Humorous?
Unsettling?
Frightening?
Entertaining?

What do I get a sense of?

Perceptions?
Attitudes?
Insights?
Facts?
Opinions?
Arguments?

What techniques are used to convey all of this to me?

• •narrative stance
• •narrative voice
• 
  •sentence-structure
• •imagery
  
• •word-choice
• •allusion
• •anecdote
• •dialogue
• 
  •symbolism
• •register
• •tone
• 
  •narrative structure
• •inference
• 
  •selection of information

and all the other writing techniques you know!