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Author's Purpose
Organization
Other nonfiction
100
Writing that tells about real people, places, and events.
What is nonfiction?
100
A nonfiction text that presents news and other information for the public.
What is an article/news article?
100
The author's purpose in the memoir "Mississippi Solo."
What is to share thoughts and feelings?
100
The way in which an informational text is organized.
What is text structure?
100
A nonfiction film that gives viewers information about important people, major events, significant discoveries, or historical places.
What is a documentary?
200
To inform, persuade, share thoughts and feelings, and entertain.
What is author's purpose?
200
A text that presents the life story of the writer.
What is an autobiography?
200
The author's purpose for the two historical texts about the Triangle Factory fire.
What is to inform?
200
The text structure in which the information is presented in the order in which it happened.
What is chronological or sequence order?
200
A text written about the life of another person.
What is a biography?
300
Includes table of contents, charts, lists, photographs, labels, and captions.
What are text features?
300
A short text that relates the author's thoughts and feelings about a controversial issue being discussed in the community.
What is an editorial?
300
The author's purpose in the editorial "Ship of Fools" about Abby Sunderland.
What is to persuade?
300
The text structure in which the writer explains why something happens and what happens as a result.
What is cause-and-effect structure?
300
Informational material created by government agencies and includes court rulings, reports, laws, and treaties.
What are government documents?
400
Presents information through facts, statistics, data, and examples.
What is an informative text?
400
A text that presents information for students to learn new concepts.
What is a textbook?
400
The purpose of a TV news story about puppies learning to be guide dogs.
What is to entertain?
400
The text structure in which the writer describes how two or more topics are alike or different.
What is compare-and-contrast structure?
400
Informational texts that tell about the past, such as speeches, pamphlets, and government documents.
What are historical texts?
500
Presents information based on opinion using claims and reasons to prove a point.
What is argumentative or persuasive writing?
500
A text relating to a particular experience or encounter that affected the writer in some personal way.
What is a memoir?
500
Chad Varga's purpose in speaking to young people about his life.
What is to persuade?
500
The text structure in which the writer presents a difficulty and suggests a way to solve it.
What is the problem-and-solution structure?
500
A nonfiction text in which an author expresses an opinion or provides some insight based on personal experiences.
What is a personal essay?
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