What is the purpose of reading non-fiction in an English class? Pick two pieces of non-fiction you have read in the past, describe the non-fiction, and explain why you read those pieces of non-fiction.

The purpose of reading non-fiction is to learn facts about real things. whales and pollution i read whales because i wanted to how the body works, i read pollution because i was interested in how much pounds of pollution was littered into the water each day.

The purpose of reading nonfiction in an English class may be to keep students up-to-date with what's happening in the world. It informs them of things like what has happened, is happening, and might happen in the future. (Sorry, I cannot answer the other question (s))