CHL 436B Nonfiction: Expository

Studies nonfiction presented in a variety of organizational patterns, including enumeration (Actual Size by Steve Jenkins); cause/effect (I Face the Wind by Viki Cobb); compare/contrast (Nic Bishop, Spiders), question/answer, fact/opinion and the like. Includes historical review of the subgenre, and examination of reader gender preferences, and a discussion of award winners will be included.