Give me an example
Nonfiction 1
Nonfiction 2
Organizational Patterns
Text Features
100

This is a statement of fact.

Ms. Partington will give you a thumbs up or thumbs down.

100

A statement that can be proven is this.

What is a fact?

100

A statement that expresses a person's feelings.

What is an Opinion?

100

Details support the main idea as a list of events told in the order that they happened.



What is Chronological Order? 

100

A list of topics in the book and what page they're on. 

What is a table of contents? 

200

These are two examples of Secondary Sources.

What are textbooks, edited works, histories, biographies, literary criticism?

200

This is writing that provides factual information– main purpose is to inform or to explain.

What is Informative Nonfiction?

200

This is a type of writing that tells about real people, places and events.

What is Nonfiction?

200

Describes or discusses an event/action that is caused by another event/action.

What is Cause and Effect? 

200

Shows what something looks like and is taken with a camera.

What is a photograph? 

300

These are two types of Primary Sources.

What are autobiograpies/memoirs, letters, diaries, minutes, photographs, artifacts, interviews, and sound or video recordings?

300

These sources convey direct, firsthand knowledge.

What is a primary source?

300

This kind of writing is like fiction, except the characters, setting and plot are real rather than imaginary. Its purpose is usually to entertain or express opinions or feelings.

What is Literary Nonfiction?

300

Organized to emphasize the similarities and/or differences between two or more items or topics.

What is Compare and Contrast? 

300

Words around a photograph that describe what it is/ who is in it 

What is a caption?

400

These are two examples of Literary Nonfiction.

What are autobiographies, biographies, memoir, and essays?

400

This kind of writing focuses and reflects on the relationship between the writer and a particular person, place, animal, or object.

What is a Memoir?

400

This is a source that was created later by someone who did not experience or participate in the events 

What is a Secondary Source?

400

Details support the main idea as a list of only the most important data from a larger amount of material.

What is a Summary? 

400

Tells what the following section will be about

What is a heading? 

500

These are two types of Informative Nonfiction.

What are textbooks and news articles?

500

These are 3 characteristics of Memoir.

What are it maintains a first person point of view, it is limited to a particular phase, time period, place, or recurring behavior in order to develop the focus fully, and explains the significance of the relationship?

500

This is the type of Literary Nonfiction that the Long Walk to Freedom is. (Be Specific)

What is a memoir?

500

The organizational pattern of this example: 

“Public schools should require students to wear uniforms because they

save parents money, de-emphasize fashion, and create school spirit.”

What is Cause and Effect? 

500

A list of key concepts in ABC order, along with the page numbers where more info can be found. 

What is an Index?