Basic Elements of Nonfiction
First person, second person, third person limited
What is point of view?
Writing that is true and based on facts.
What is a Non-Fiction?
Used to help locate information in the book and see how everything is organized.
What is the table of contents?
This POV uses pronouns such as I, me, my, mine, us, ours, and we.
What is 1st person point of view?
Gives events in the order they happen.
What is SEQUENCE/CHRONOLOGICAL?
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?
Tells what a specific section of a text will be about.
What is a heading (or subheading)?
This point of view uses pronouns such as she, he, her, him, them and they.
What is 3rd person point of view?
Gives similarities and differences between two or more topics.
What is COMPARE and CONTRAST?
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?
Biographies are written in this point of view.
What is 3rd person point of view?
Tells about something that's wrong and how to fix it.
What is PROBLEM and SOLUTION?
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?
Autobiographies are written in this point of view.
What is 1st person point of view?
Tells why something happens and/or the results of something.
What is CAUSE and EFFECT?
Argumentative, Literary Nonfiction, and Expository are...
What are informational text genres?
An opinion-based article in a newspaper
What is an op-ed?
Three ways to change text to make it more noticeable.
What is bold, color, italics, capitalization, or underlining?
POV that uses the pronouns you and your.
What is 2nd person point of view?
Provides details, explanations, and examples of a topic.
What is DESCRIPTION?