Transcript Essential Question Notes

Essential Question Notes
Question 1: How do authors
hook and hold readers?
 Neurological Fiction hooks and holds it's
readers by giving real factual information and
stories that maybe the reader can relate to.
This helps the pages turn faster. In my book,
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks, the first chapter
tells a story about a surgeon, Tony Cicoria,
who is struck by lightning and has had sudden
"musicophilia". Musicophilia is the sudden
infatuation with the creating and listening of
music.
Question 2: How do _writers
persuade their readers?
 Neurological Fiction persuades the
readers to delve into the subject of
the brain more after reading one
chapter. These types of books
intrigue me so much because of their
creative writing and styles of
portraying stories.
Question 3: What is the relationship
between _and truth?
 Neurological fiction and truth are
connected in a very big way. Because
it is nonfiction, and because
neurological nonfiction writers require
a medical background, everything is
meticulously researched and created
in a certain way that is easily
applicable to the reader’s life, and
easy to take in while reading.
Question 4: What truths are best
communicated through this genre?
 Neurological fiction describes very
detailed and vivid stories that
definitely can not be made up. The
story of the lighting strike that was
mentioned before, gave me such
inspiration to learn more about the
brain that I went to different resources
to learn about this story more and
more.
Question 5: What kind of medical
background did the author have to
write this book?
 Oliver Sacks received his medical
degree at Oxford’s University. He has
been a practicing Neurologist in New
York City since 1965.
Question 6: Are most Neurological
Nonfiction books written by doctors
or medical officials?
 Yes, Oliver Sacks did not write any
books while without a degree in the
medical field. I think that he makes his
books readable to everyday people
because by simplifying intense
subjects such as musicophilia.
Question 7: How does the genre
Neurological Nonfiction influence other
authors of the same or similar genre?
 It influences other authors because
Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia,
references other books by other
authors such as Synaesthesia: Classic
and Contemporary Readings by
Simon Baren-Cohen and John
Harrison.
Question 8: What is the
significance in this topic?
 It is not researched often, and I
believe that the book Musicophilia
sparked many other authors and
physicians to delve into the field of
neurology in research and writing.