Non-Fiction Devices
the primary message the author wants you to take away from a text.
What is the main idea?
Gives the reader facts and information about a topic.
What is to inform?
These print features help the reader find information.
What are table of contents, an index and glossary?
Identifying a conflict or issue and offering ways it can be fixed.
What is the dilemma or a possible answer?
The author's use this to build and prove their idea.
What are supporting details?
Supporting details.
What are facts, statistics, or anecdotes?
the specific reason that the writer created the work
What is author's purpose?
The visual elements outside of the main body of text that help readers locate and understand information quickly.
What are text features?
Organizing events in time order.
What is chronological?
NOT just one word (topic). It is a full sentence about that topic.
What is a main idea?
Tries to convince the readers that he is the good guy.
Who is Greg Hefley?
To convince the reader to believe or do something.
What is to persuade?
Maps, charts and diagrams help the reader see information.
What are Graphic Aids?
the organizational pattern an author uses to arrange ideas and information within a piece of writing.
What is text structure?
strategies writers use to effectively persuade their audience and strengthen an argument.
What are rhetorical appeals?
The use of logic, facts and numbers to make a point.
What are logos?
One author's purpose is to entertain.
What is a humorous memoir?
To break up information for the reader with the use of headings and subheadings.
What are organizational aids?
a grocery list
What is sequence?
Examples of these are:Similarly;On the other hand
What is compare and contrast?
Mrs. Arvelo loves to drink this the most.
What is essentia?
Usually shown in poetry.
What is expression?
Examples of visual aids are;
What are captions, bold words and timelines?
Problem and solution.
What is identifying a conflict and offering ways it can be fixed?
Plays on other's emotions.
What are pathos?