Which statement about nonfiction writing is accurate?
a. nonfiction writers base their characters on real people.
b. nonfiction writers have to follow a clear plot.
c. nonfiction writers have to stick to things that actually happened.
d. nonfiction writers never use any type of figurative language.

The answer is A because nonfiction articles are forms of writing based on true facts from events with in which took place in real life. They also base their facts on real people from that event. Knowing this information, you can already rule out answers B and D. And the answer isn't C because they don't have to stick to things that actually happened. And so the final answer is A.