Non-Fiction
It is the main focus of reading a nonfiction text.
What is an Author's Claim?
This helps us find the theme.
What are the 3Cs?
This part of the explanatory essay includes the main idea or central claim.
What is the thesis statement?
This part of a narrative essay introduces the characters and setting.
What is the beginning?
These are reasons and facts used to support an opinion in a persuasive essay.
What are supporting reasons and evidence?
This helps you find the author's claim.
What is the Topic?
This is universal, it applies to everyone and it cannot specific to the text or have characters name.
What is the theme?
This part of an explanatory essay introduces the topic and gives background information.
What is the introduction?
This is the main problem or conflict in a narrative essay.
What is the conflict?
This part of a persuasive essay clearly states what the writer believes.
What is a claim or thesis statement?
Some structures you will see in a non-fiction text.
What is an Interview, facts, statistics, author's pov, captions, diagrams, maps
It tells you what the poem is about, who the speaker is, and what the topic is.
What is the Literal meaning?
These are facts, examples, or quotations from a text that help explain an idea.
What is evidence?
This is the turning point or most exciting moment in the story.
What is the climax, change or turning point?
This is when a writer acknowledges the opposite opinion and explains why their argument is stronger.
What is a counterclaim?
In non-fiction text, the title over the paragraphs.
What is a sub-heading?
This type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
What is a similie?
These part paragraphs explain the topic using facts, details, and evidence.
What are body paragraphs?
These details help the reader see, hear, and feel what is happening in the story.
What is sensory details or description?
This section encourages the reader to take action or think differently.
What is a call to action?
The purpose for writing a non-fiction text is to
What is to inform, explain, persuade or describe?
A group of lines in a poem is called this:
What is a stanza?
The purpose of an explanatory essay is to.
What is expalin or inform?
This technique uses conversation between characters to make the story moe realistic.
What is dialogue?
Words like 'must,' 'shoul,' and 'need' are often used to strengthen this type of writing.
What is persuasive writing?