Text Features
Nonfiction Text Structure
Nonfiction Text Structure Examples
Reading Potpourri
Vocabulary Potpourri
100
Section of text that provides the page number and chapter of a text
What is the Table of Contents
100
Nonfiction text structure known as time order, sequence, or temporal order. It has clue words such as first, next, later, after, before, following and then. Dates and times are also used.
What is Sequence of Events or Chronological Order
100
Goose bumps make me shiver. First I get cold. Then I shake all over. Just last year in 2013, I had a major goose bump outbreak. I think 2014 will be a better year for my goose bumps.
What is Sequence
100
The narrator is part of the story using "me, mine, I" is which point of view
What is first person
100
Greek root hat means to measure
What is meter
200
Section of text that provides the definition of a word
What is the glossary
200
To show why something exists or is in place, to tell what happens as the result of an action or actions,
What is Cause and Effect
200
Goose bumps make me shiver. I get little bumps on my skin.They look like sesame seeds. Sometimes they are a bit red in color.
What is description
200
An author writes to give information. This is usually nonfiction writing and text
What is to inform
200
To be well known for doing something bad
What is notorious
300
A feature of nonfiction text which consists of words that give information about a image
What is a caption
300
to present a dilemma or issue, and show how it can be resolved
What is problem and solution
300
Some people get goose bumps from fear. Others get goose bumps when they are touched emotionally.
What is compare contrast
300
Literary Genre which includes real events from the past with made up characters an settings
What is historical fiction
300
To be creative and think outside the box
What is ingenuity
400
Words that provide more information than the title or heading
What is subtitle or subheading
400
Present how two topics are the similar and/or different.
What is Compare Contrast
400
Goose bumps make me shiver. When the temperature drops below 45 degrees, my skin crinkles into goose bumps.
What is cause and effect
400
Literary Device using words that means the opposite of what you think it means to be funny Example: " Missippi's reading scores are up !"
What is irony
400
Unable to be explained. Something that is difficult to understand
What is enigma
500
Section of a nonfiction text that provide resources in alphabetical order
What is the index
500
Nonfiction text structure that tells what something is. It provides details and adjectives of the topic
What is Desctiption
500
Goose bumps make me shiver. But they disappear as soon as I cover up with a jacket or sweater.
What is Problem Solution
500
Name all parts of the plot
What is rising action, climax and falling action
500
Unable to breath correctly
What is stifle