Analyze Nonfiction

Multiple Choice

Can a writer inform and persuade?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between primary/personal sources from

• Both are fact but one is more subjective than the other

• Both are fact but one is boring

• One is fact and one is opinion

Multiple Choice

Which nonfiction family is objective?

• References/Informational Text

• Personal/Primary sources

Multiple Choice

What is an example of the two nonfiction families working together

• The newspaper article cited their source as an eye witness

• The research study cited the Almanac for their evidence

Poll

Which one is more entertaining?

• Personal/Primary Source

• Informational/Reference Source

Poll

Which one is more reliably informative?

• Personal/Primary Source

• Informational/Reference Source

Poll

Which one is more likely to settle or debate or change your mind?

• Personal/Primary Source

• Informational/Reference Source

Poll

Which one is more likely to cause controversy?

• Personal/Primary Source

• Informational/Reference Source

Keep in Mind

​Text Structures can change in different sections

In order to help the authors intent or purpose the author may vary text structures paragraph to paragraph or section to section. It depends on what they set out to do

Multiple Choice

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TEXT STRUCTURE.

All candy has a different process by which it is made. M&Ms are popular chocolate treats made from a mixture of liquid milk chocolate and a hard candy shell. First, the chocolate is

poured into small molds. Then, it is left to cool and harden. A conveyor belt transfers the chocolate to another section of a factory, where the chocolates are coated with the hard candy

shell. Finally, they are coated with color!

• description

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• sequence/.chronological order

• problem - solution

Multiple Choice

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TEXT STRUCTURE.

Although it may be tempting, eating too much candy

can have a negative impact on your body and how you

feel. Munching on too much candy can cause cavities

in your teeth from all of the sugar. It is also very high

in “empty” calories, which means the calories provide

you no nutrients, just fat and calories from sugar!

This can cause you to gain too much unhealthy weight.

Too much sugar can also cause you to have a “foggy”

brain, slowing down your memory and making you

tired.

• description

• sequence/chronological order

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem - solution

Multiple Choice

CHOOSE THE CORRECT TEXT STRUCTURE.. Have you ever gathered around a table with yourfriends excited to play a board game, and when youopen the box, find that pieces are missing? It’s alwaysa bummer when you don’t have a piece to mark your place in the game, but you can get inventive to solve the problem. Go to your kitchen and try using beans,

gummy bears, or Skittles to replace the missing pieces!

Or try using bingo chips, marker tops, or paperclips in

their place. Don’t let a missing piece stop you from

playing games.

• description

• problem-solution

• compare and contrast

• cause annd effect

• chronological order/ sequence