Which of the following sources would most likely be considered literary nonfiction?

A. a book of poetry about the sea

B. an autobiography by a Hatian refugee

C. an authoritative text about wind power

D. a guide describing how to live off the grid

The answer:

B) an autobiography by a Haitian refugee. A Literary nonfiction material contains many of the features in a fiction book, one of the main differences is that it contains real and personal information, the objective of this kind of literature is to entertain the readers with narratives of real people which are the "characters" in this genre. An autobiography contains real and personal information and it is also published to entertain.

A) a book of poetry about the sea. This can't be a literay nonfiction book, even when it reaches the objective of entertaining, it will contain a lot of figurative language, which is far from the real information presented in a literary nonfiction material.

C) an authoritative text about wind power. This kind of publishing is defined by containing true and reliable information, is in the entertainment part were we find that it can't be the correct answer because these books are made to be informative no recreational.

D) a guide describing how to live off the grid. A guide gives steps to follow in order to do something, this requires true information but like in the explanation of option C, this kind of writing is informative and educational