Subgenres or Types of Nonfiction
The type of nonfiction that provides information.
Informational Text
_______ ________ is how text is organized.
Text Structure
_______ _______ help readers locate information.
Text Feature
______ ______ helps readers visualize information.
Factual writing about real people, places, events, ideas, or things is called_________.
Nonfiction
The subgenre that tells the true story of a person’s life.
Biography
The type of text structure that presents details in time order.
Chronological or Sequential
The text feature that tells readers what a section of text is about.
Heading or Subheading
The graphic feature that provides an image of a real person, place, thing, or event.
Photograph or Picture
The reason for writing is called the _____.
purpose
The type of nonfiction that shares the author’s outlook or point of view on a topic.
Essay
The type of text structure that tells what happened and why it happened.
Cause and Effect
The text feature that quickly highlights key facts or summarizes a lot of information.
Bulleted List
The graphic feature that shows a drawing that shows the different parts of something.
Diagram
The author's feelings, attitude, or ideas about a subject is called _______.
Point of View
The type of nonfiction that presents a topic orally.
Speech
The type of text structure that organizes information in relation to the space it occupies.
Spatial
The text feature that explains what a photograph or other graphic feature is about.
Caption
The graphic feature that illustrates the location of things or places.
Map
The type of point of view that presents facts in a neutral or unbiased way.
Objective Point of View
The 2 types of nonfiction that give personal accounts of real events.
Letters and Journals
Define the 2 text structures:
1) Problem and Solution 2) Question and Answer
The text feature that separates a block of text and relates to the main article.
Sidebar
The graphic feature that presents facts, statistics, or information in a visual way.
Graph or Chart
When reading, analyzing, and interpreting nonfiction, you should identify the main idea or _____ _____ and the key details or _________ ________.
Main Idea=Central Idea
Key Details=Supporting Details