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Narrator: Today's word is "Nonfiction" — noun, pronounced /nɒnˈfɪkʃən/, with the stress on "fic".
Narrator: Nonfiction is writing based on facts, real events and real people, not invented.
Narrator: In plain English, nonfiction is factual writing — like biographies, history books and journalism.
Narrator: It comes from the prefix non-, meaning not, and fiction, from the Latin fictio, meaning a shaping.
Narrator: "A nonfiction book" describes a book based on facts, not invented.
Narrator: It differs from fiction because nonfiction is factual, whereas fiction is invented.
Narrator: "Creative nonfiction" is a sense meaning factual writing using literary techniques.
Narrator: Literature, publishing, education, journalism and everyday speech all rely on the word nonfiction.
Narrator: So remember: nonfiction is factual writing, from non- and fiction.
Speaker A: What is nonfiction?
Speaker B: Factual writing! NONFICTION comes from non- not and fiction, from the Latin fictio, a shaping, so it means writing based on facts.
Speaker A: So biographies are nonfiction?
Speaker B: Yes — they're factual!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "A nonfiction book"; "creative nonfiction"; "nonfiction bestseller" — book, genre and popularity.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't confuse nonfiction with fiction, because nonfiction is factual, while fiction is invented.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Factual' the true cousin, 'documentary' the film twin, 'reference' the informational alternative. The word keeps its factual charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "nonfiction" in AI prompts — useful for writing apps and reading tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame writing?
Speaker B: Right. For a writing app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short guide to nonfiction, naming two types.
Speaker A: How about a reading tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to advise:
Prompt: Draft a guide to nonfiction genres, naming two examples.
Speaker A: Could it help with a publishing bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame books:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences why nonfiction matters, naming one benefit.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a literature chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short note on creative nonfiction, naming one feature.
Nonfiction — meaning in Arabic & definition More N courses GL Dictionary