Non-fiction vocabulary
The word for what a nonfiction passage is mostly about that has key details to support it.
What is central idea?
the message or the lesson of a story
What is theme?
Keywords for this structure include: as a result, cause, because of, since, due to
What is cause and effect?
What is the prefix in the word transport?
What is trans?
The writing under a picture that describes it.
What is caption?
Photographs, Table of Contents, Captions, Labels, Diagrams, Fact Box, Glossary, Index, Headings, Title, etc.
What are text features?
Sequence of events that take place in a story
For example, rising action, climax and falling action
What is Plot?
Keywords for this structure include: like, similar, unlike, different, while, on the other hand, however, both
What is compare and contrast?
What is does the word "careless" mean in the following sentence?
Due to the driver's careless actions, he got into a car accident and ruined his car.
What is not paying attention closely or caring
A comparison using like or as
What is a similie?
When the author gives their opinion on a topic?
What is author's claim?
when the narrator is out side the story
Key words: he, she, and they
What is 3rd person?
Facts, events or details presented in time order
What is chronological?
the meaning of the root word auto as used in words like automatic/automobile
What is self?
USing context clues what is the meaning of extracted in the sentence below.
The milk is extracted from the coconut, which is used to prepare a variety of dishes and sweets.
What is to take out of something?
A text feature that tells me what the sections I am reading is about
What is subheading?
The way a character sees something based on their actions, feelings and thoughts
What is character perspective?
If you read a book on how to make a rocket
what text structure would it most likely be?
What is sequence?
What is the meaning of the word international?
What is between nations?
Similar to a paragraph in a story, this is a group of lines that forms one section of a poem.
What is a stanza?
When an author was not there when the event happened but uses facts and details to tell about it
What is a secondhand account?
qualities that define a character, encompassing their thoughts, feelings, personality, and the actions they take
What is a character trait?
Information given as an issue and ways to solve that issue
What is problem and solution?
The word for when you heat up your oven before you put your food in
What is preheat?
An author uses strong sensory details, like the smell of rain or the sound of thunder, to do this to a specific feeling in the reader.
What is evoke?