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Nonfiction text features
Genre
Figurative Langauge
Elements, structure, and more!
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Words with the same or similar meanings are known as...

synonyms

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This nonfiction text feature tells the names of chapters and what page the chapter can be found on. 

Table of Contents

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A suspenseful story centered around a puzzling event. This would be considered a ...

mystery

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This type of figurative language is the repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of words. 

alliteration 

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An author writes for a reasons; to persuade, inform, express, or entertain. This is known as the...

Author's purpose

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Two words that sound the same by have different meanings and spellings are known as...

homophones

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This nonfiction text feature organizes and helps compare information in a visual way. 

graph

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A story that is told through pictures and dialogue. This would be known as a...

graphic novel

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This is a comparison between two different things without use the words "like" or "as".

metaphor

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This text structure shows the relationship between an event and what happened because of the event. This is known as...

cause and effect

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Words that have opposite meanings are know as...

antonyms

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This nonfiction text feature shows up as a dark or colorful word that signals to the reader to pay attention to these important words; you can also find these words in the glossary. 

bold print
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The story of a real person's life written by another person is known as a...

biography

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Something concrete that stands for something else, such as an idea or emotion is known as...

symbolism 

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This literary device is used to hint at events that are yet to come and to keep the readers guessing. 

foreshadow

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A complete sentence must consist of a ____________ and a ______________. 

subject and predicate

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This nonfiction text feature is usually seen as a line with important historical events and their dates listed in order. 

time line

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This type of story is a make-believe story written for children that includes magical creatures or magical events. 

fairy tale
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The use of words that describe the five senses to create a picture in your mind of something is known as...

imagery

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This is the BIG IDEA, what the author is trying to tell the reader, what the author wants the reader to leader. 
Author's message
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A noun that stands for more than one person, place, or thing is said to be...

plural

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Words under a heading that tell about the topic of one part of a text are known as...

subheadings

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The story of Paul Bunyan is considered to be what type of story? 
tall tale
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A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, and or movies is known as...

EX: I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio's. 

allusion 

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Readers do this when they use what they already know along with evidence from the text to make an educated guess. 

inference

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