While some readers enjoy getting lost in the imaginary world of fiction, others prefer the authenticity of stories from real life. Nonfiction is writing about real people, places and events.
Autobiography
An autobiography is the true story of a person’s life, told by that person. It is almost always written using the first-person point of view. An autobiography is usually book length because it covers a long period of the writer’s life. However, there are shorter types of autobiographical writing such as journals, diaries, and memoirs.
Biography
A biography is the true story of a person’s life told by someone else. The writer, or biographer, interviews the subject if possible and also researches the person’s life by reading letters, books, diaries, and any other information he or she can find.
As you can see, biographies and autobiographies often seem like fiction because they contain many of the same elements such as character, setting, and plot.
Essay
An essay is a short piece of nonfiction writing that deals with one subject. Essays are often found in newspapers and magazines. The writer might share an opinion, try to entertain or persuade the reader, or simply describe an incident that has special significance.
Signposts:
Nonfiction texts contain lots of cues that signal important information for the reader...Just follow the signs!
Graphics:
Illustrations
Photographs
Diagrams 
Maps
Tables
Charts
graphs
Fonts and special effects:
Titles
Headings
Boldface print
Color print
Italics
Bullets
Captions
Structure:
Table of contents
Introduction
Preface
Index
Glossary
Appendix
Epilogue
Signal words:
For example
For instance
In fact
In conclusion
Most important
But
Therefore
On the other hand
Such as
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