Nonfiction Text Analysis Terms

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Art of persuasive speech/writing

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rhetoric

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Appeal to logic for sensible answers

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logos

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Appeal to audience’s emotions: sorrow, shame, sympathy, anger, excitement.

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pathos

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Similar to a theme, it is the key point of a nonfiction text.

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central idea

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Events in time order or sequence

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chronological order

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Writers describe a problem and explain ways to solve it.

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problem and solution

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Actions and their results are presented as:

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cause and effect

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Grouping elements by similarities and differences

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compare and contrast

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Key words indicating cause and effect:

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if/then, consequently, why, reasons, as a result

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Key words indicating chronological order:

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first, next, then, after, sequential dates, events