Non-fiction is real, true events and is made up of facts.
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What is an example of an external conflict?
Person vs. Person, Person vs. nature, Person vs. Society
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What do writers use to support their main ideas?
Details Details Details!
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Joe's mother brought home a jar of peanuts. Joe took one look at the jar and wrinkled up his nose. "Can't you get real food mom?" he said.
What is an inference we can make about Joe?
Joe doesn't like peanuts.
Joe wants to eat something else.
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Give 2 examples of fiction.
Poetry, stories.
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What is an example of non-fiction?
An article, biography, report.
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What is the setting of the story?
Where and when the story takes place.
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What is the main idea?
A sentence or a few sentences that summarize what the text is mainly about.
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What does "prior knowledge" mean?
Information we already know.
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What is the main purpose of fiction we talked about?
Entertainment!
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Think about expository writing we have been working on. What is one purpose of non-fiction?
To explain, inform, or report.
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What is the climax of any story?
The most thrilling, exciting point or event.
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What is the theme?
The take-away message or lesson learned.
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What is an opinion?
What someone personally thinks.
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What is the sequence of events called in fiction?
Plot.
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Identify 4 text features found in non-fiction.
Title, side-bar, table of contents, glossary, bullets, etc.
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What is the last stage of plot, and what happens here?
The resolution: The character resolves their conflict.
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What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Farmers are busy workers. They work long days, from sun-up to sun-down. Farmers also must work many hours in the heat of the sun, caring for their crops. They must frequently take care of their equipment to make sure it is functioning properly.
a)Farmers like working outdoors.
b)Farmers are hard workers.
c)Farming.
d)Farmers live a simple lifestyle.
b)Farmers are hard workers.
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What are the three parts of making an inference that we learned about?
What I see, what I know, and what I think.
OR evidence/clues, background (prior) knowledge, and a logical guess.
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What is this passage an example of?
"The big bad wolf said 'I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down.'"
Personification.
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What is another name for the chronological order found in non-fiction?
Sequence of Events
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Name all the 6 stages of plot.
Exposition, rising action, climax, turning point, falling action, resolution.
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What is the purpose of writing a summary?
To tell the reader the most important points and ideas that the text is about.
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Why do we use inferences?
To help us make logical guesses about information that is left out of text, pictures, etc.