What is Nonfiction?
Fiction books tell made up, or not real, stories, whereas nonfiction is ___ and factual.
This text feature helps readers understand pictures on the page.
The author uses this text structure when they try to show how two or more things are alike and different.
Compare and Contrast
A nonfiction summary should include the main idea, details that support the main idea, and...
The most important point about the text or a section that the author wants you to take away from it after reading.
Main Idea
This text feature helps identify the topic of the section and organizes ideas.
A Heading
The author uses this text structure to show characteristics or details about something.
Dsecriptive
Read the text below:
"On the moon you only weigh 20% of what you weigh on Earth."
Which craft technique did the author use?
a. Quote an important person
b. Provide surprising statistic or fact
c. Give an example or an anecdote/story
d. Incorporate humor
b. Provide surprising statistic or fact
How can headings help you understand a nonfiction text?
Helps you quickly preview the text and predict what you might learn.
This text feature tells the main ideas or headings and what pages they are on.
The Table of Contents
The author uses this text structure to lay out a list of steps or put events in order they occurred.
Order and Sequence or Sequential (Chronological)
The young girl is working day and night to knit scarves to send as gifts for the soldiers. What a selfless person she is!
A selfless person _____
a. is selfish
b. has no name
c. is too young to work
d. likes scarves
e. cares more about others than herself
e. cares more about others than herself
A summary of a nonfiction text should never include...
Your opinion! Only facts/details from the text.
This text features helps readers find and understand definitions.
A Glossary
The author uses this text structure to describe an event and the consequences that happened after.
Cause and Effect
What strategy does a good reader use when looking at words around an unfamiliar word in a sentence to figure out its meaning.
Context Clues!
The reason or purpose behind a text being written (sometimes it can be to convince the reader or to describe something).
Authors Purpose!
This text feature helps readers visualize data information. (2 answers accepted)
a Graph or Chart
The author uses this text structure to show an issue and possible ways to solve it.
Problem and Solution.
Why does an author use a text feature like a bolded word?
a. Print Features
b. Graphic Aids
c. Informational Aids
d. Organizational Aids
a. Print Features