Non-Fiction Features
Scanning the text features of an article before you read it
Preview
Information in a graphic aid is clarified by using these.
Captions
Writers of informational texts usually support their ideas with these.
Facts
Attempts to discredit someone by attacking his or her personal character.
Ad Hominem
an unemotional claim supported by reasons and evidence
Argument
This is where the topic of an article is usually revealed.
Title
These are additional statements that help clarify sections of text under a heading.
Sub-Headings
This is a statement of personal beliefs of feelings.
Opinion
This is when someone suggests that you do something because "everyone else is doing it."
Bandwagon
A writer's position on an issue or problem
Claim
This is where the main ideas of paragraphs of sections of text are often stated.
Headings
This type of graphic aid helps the reader picture a specific location of a place mentioned in the text.
Map
This is a statement the many people believe, but it may not be true.
Commonplace assertion
Making an unfair broad statement about an entire group of people
Stereotyping
The reasons or evidence that prove your claim
Support
These are special elements of a text that serve as road signs when you read for information.
Text Features
This type of graphic aid helps the reader get a mental image of what is being discussed in the text.
Picture
This is a personal judgement about a specific topic that is based on personal experience, feelings, or dealings.
Bias
Relying on endorsements from well-known people or satisfied customers
Testimonial
Facts, statistics, and examples are all forms of this.
Evidence
Detailed information presented in an easy to read format such as a map.
Graphic Aid
This type of graphic aid uses information from statistics to give the reader a visual to better understand the statistics
Graph or Chart
These are words that convey a strong positive or negative feeling and reveal an author's bias.
Loaded Language
False of misleading statements meant to persuade you to agree with the writer
Rhetorical Fallacy
Writing that is meant to get someone to think like you or do what you want them to do.
Persuasive Writing