Nonfiction Vocabulary

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What is the subject of a selection; what it's mainly about?

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Topic

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What do you call a word or groups of words at the beginning of a section, page, or chapter?

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Heading/Subheading

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Which text feature appears at the beginning of the text and shows where to find information?

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Table of Contents

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What does a central idea tell you?

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A big idea or what a text is mostly about.

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What is the reason why an author writes a text called?

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Author's Purpose

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What is a glossary?

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A list of terms and their definitions found at the end of a book.

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What is an index?

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An alphabetical list of topics and page numbers found at the end of a book.

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What are supporting details?

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Facts or examples that help explain the main idea.

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What is a summary?

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A brief statement of the main points of a text.

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What is a synonym?

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A word that has the same or similar meaning as another word.