Genre
NonFiction is real or fake?
Real
This type of text structure describes and event and what happened because of that event.
What are the details called that support the Main/Central Idea?
Supporting Details
These types of images are shown in NonFiction texts
Photographs
What Point of View are Biographies told through?
3rd Person (Outside)
This genre is a nonfiction text about a person's life
Biography
This type of text structure goes in order and can often be used to make time lines.
Chronological / Logical / Sequential Order
Another word for MAIN idea that you may see on the STAAR test.
Central Idea
This is the description of what is being 'captured' in the photograph
Captions
This is the lesson that can be learned from the person's life and what they did.
Theme
This nonfiction genre tells true facts in the form of a story
Narrative Nonfiction / Literary Nonfiction
This type of text structure explains a problem and offers solutions to solve the problem
Problem/Solution
You can look here to find the Main / Central Idea
-1st or last paragraph
-Subheadings
-1st sentence of paragraph
This is where you look to find the definitions of words
Glossary
The reason that the person did something (the reason WHY)
Motivations
This type of nonfiction text is trying to convince the reader to do something he or she normally would not do
Persuasive
This type of text structure describes how two or more things are the same and also how they are different
Compare / Contrast
True or False
The main idea serves as a summary of an article
FALSE
Why are words underlined, bold, or italicized?
They are important / to bring attention to them
This type of biography is written by a person about themself
Autobiography
Where can nonfiction texts be found in the real world?
Newspapers, articles, magazine, books, etc
This type of text structure lists items/things in order of most important or least important
Order of Importance
True or False
Author's often organize the main idea with several key ideas throughout the text
TRUE
This is often a box placed in the article with extra information to help the reader gain a deeper understanding of the text
Side Bar
What main genre do Biographies typically fall into
NonFiction