Basic Elements of NonFiction
To inform, To persuade, To entertain
What is author's purpose
Informational text that is about a person or group of people written by another person.
What is biography?
This helps students navigate informational text.
What is a text feature?
Biographies are written in this point of view.
What is 3rd person point of view?
A form of literature that includes real people, places, and events.
What is nonfiction/informational?
A form of informational text that only focuses on a specific event or time period in one’s life.
What is a memoir?
Used to help locate information in the book and see how everything is organized.
What is the table of contents?
Autobiographies are written in this point of view.
/What is 1st person point of view
The message or point of an informational text.
What is the central idea?
Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Chronological Order, Description, Problem and Solution, and Sequence are types of ...
What is Text Structure or Organization?
A genre in which the author writes about his/her own life experiences.
What is autobiography?
This is an alphabetical listing of the key names, terms, events, and topics with page numbers.
What is the index?
This point of view uses pronouns such as she, he, her, him, them and they.
What is 3rd person point of view?
These support and/or explain the central idea.
What are supporting details?
Photos, Titles, Captions, Subheading, Index, Table of Contents are examples of ...
What are informational text features?
A genre of nonfiction that includes textbooks, newspapers, and magazines.
What is informational text?
A list of key terms and definitions in alphabetical order.
What is a glossary?
Uses pronouns such as I, me, my, mine, us, ours, and we.
What is 1st person point of view?
First, second, after, next , and finally are examples of...
What are transition phrases or keywords for Sequence and Chronological Order?
What are informational text genres?
Writing that is based on information and facts.
What is nonfiction/informational text?
Three ways to change text to make it more noticeable.
What is bold, color, italics, capitalization, or underlining?
Uses the pronouns you and your.
What is 2nd person point of view?
These can help you determine the central idea of a text.