nonfictional
Based on reality
Nonfictional describes writing or other media based on real events, people, and facts rather than invented stories.
A nonfictional account presents what actually happened; a nonfictional work like a biography or documentary deals in truth rather than imagination.
The opposite of fictional.
Written life account
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- reportageFactual news writing
ethnography · travelogue · exposé · history · diary · letters · archive · essay
Facts supporting truth
- dataFacts for analysis
- verificationProving something accurate
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- accuracyDegree of correctness
reality · truthfulness · objectivity · empirical · facts · corroboration · substantiation · proof
Able to be proven
- accurateConforming to fact
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
- validLegally or logically sound
genuine · trustworthy · legitimate · confirmed · substantiated · proven · objective · unbiased
Academic subject manual
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- academicRelating to education or theory
- instructionalIntended to educate
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
encyclopedic · reference · expository · didactic · explanatory · pedagogical · how-to · guidebook
biography
Written life account
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- chronicleOrdered historical record
reportage · ethnography · travelogue · exposé · history · diary · letters · archive · essay · narrative
evidence
Facts supporting truth
- dataFacts for analysis
- verificationProving something accurate
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
accuracy · reality · truthfulness · objectivity · empirical · facts · corroboration · substantiation · proof · validity
verifiable
Able to be proven
valid · genuine · trustworthy · legitimate · confirmed · substantiated · proven · objective · unbiased · truthful
textbook
Academic subject manual
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- academicRelating to education or theory
- instructionalIntended to educate
informative · encyclopedic · reference · expository · didactic · explanatory · pedagogical · how-to · guidebook · manual
nonfictionalfictional
Not real, invented
fictitious · made-up · invented · fabricated · fictionalized
nonfictionalfictional
Not real, invented
fictitious · imaginary · imagined · make-believe · pretend
- creative nonfictionFact-based artistic prose
- nonfiction proseWritten truth, not verse
- nonfiction sectionShelves for factual works
- narrative nonfictionFact-based prose using fictional techniques
- nonfiction genresCategories of true prose