Non-Fiction
Text Features
Text Features
Diagrams
Need to get an overview of the reading but don't have a lot of time? Try this reading strategy
Skimming
If I say bad things happen to me in autumn, you can assume something bad will happen to me in autumn because I used this element of fiction
Foreshadowing
Hogwarts, Gotham City, and Olympus are all this element of fiction
Setting
A heart of gold
A couch potato
Time is money
Metaphor
You would find words with this format in this section of a non-fiction text
Bears: Pg 2, 5, 7,10, 19
Index
Underline, Circle, Notes in the margins
Annotations
"Can I go to the corner"
"No Christian, no you can't"
Dialogue
An eagle to represent liberty, or a lightning bolt to represent speed, is utilizing this element of fiction
Symbolism
Lightning danced across the sky
The camera loves me
The wind was angry that night
Personification
Important information, such as book titles, will be written in either bold or italics, otherwise known as these.
Special Prints
Before I read, I need to find my bold terms by using this strategy
Pre-Reading
Batman drives down an alley and has visions of his parents death
Flashback
Superman clashing with Lex Luthor over the duration of a story could be considered this element of fiction
Conflict
Busy as a Bee
Prancing Ponies
Right as Rain
Alliteration
The bold words at the top of a section of text
Heading
If I figured out that Romeo and Juliet was a tragic love story about dumb teenagers falling in love and taking things way too far, I would've completed this reading strategy
Determine the main idea
The prisoners who escaped are violent and dangerous
Tone
Batman is a rich orphan who is 6'2", has a muscular build, has black hair and dark eyes, and is tormented by the death of his parents
This is an example of this element of fiction
Characterization
Don't be a scrooge
That is my Achilles heel
Shot with the arrow of love
Allusion
If you need to look up what a word means in your non-fiction text, you would go to the back of the book and find this.
Glossary
"Jerry didn't finish his chores even though he had all day to do them. He is such a flubjub."
Using this reading strategy, we can guess that flubjub means a lazy person.
Context clues
I am hopeful she will arrive tomorrow
Mood
Belle is a smart girl in an outdated town who goes to a castle to try and rescue her father, but she ends up taking his place and falls in love with the owner of the castle; a hideous beast.
Plot
The air smelled salty
The babies hair is soft to the touch
The keys of the warden clanked as he slammed the cell door
Imagery