Nonfiction
What is writing about real people, places, and events?
nonfiction
What tells the reader the topic/subject of the text, main idea, and helps the reader know what they are about to read?
title
What is a picture taken with a camera that show how something looks in real life?
photograph
What is a hand-drawn picture or sketch?
illustration
What type of informational text is also known as narrative nonfiction and tells a real life story?
literary nonfiction
What is the main character in an autobiography or biography called?
subject
What gives the heading and beginning page number for each section of the book?
table of contents
What is like a small dictionary of words and tells what important words mean?
glossary
What divides the text into sections and tells the main idea of each section of text?
heading
What kind of informational text tells facts, focuses on educating the reader about something, and uses reliable sources?
expository texts
What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?
fiction is fake, nonfiction is real
What is a drawing that shows the parts of something and labels each part?
diagram
What is a diagram to help the reader understand statistical information?
graph
What are words found at the top of a page in a dictionary that tell the first and last words on that page?
guide words
What kind of informational text provides evidence to try to influence or change the beliefs or actions of the reader?
argumentative and persuasive texts
What are parts of a nonfiction book that help you find information easily or tell you more about the topic?
text features
What is the words next to or below a picture that tell what it is or what it is about?
Caption
What is a list of the topics and people in the text. Listed in alphabetical order at the end of a book.
index
What are important words that are darker than the text around them?
bold words
What kind of informational text provides step-by-step guidelines that describe how to complete a task?
procedural texts
Name 2 subgenres of nonfiction
biography, autobiography, informational, narrative, persuasive, argumentative
What is a word, phrase or image that can be clicked on to jump to a new document or website?
hyperlink
What is a short passage (typically boxed) placed alongside a main article which contains extra information?
What is a list of things you can choose from to do something on the computer?
electronic menu
Name 5 types of informational texts
Periodicals (magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals)
Textbooks
Instruction manuals
Internet articles
Encyclopedias
Consumer documents (rent applications, anything you have to sign)
Public documents (example: Declaration of Independence, laws)
Speeches
Historical writing
Scientific writing
Technical writing