Nonfiction Terms

The author’s intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do or not do something.

• Main Idea
• Author's Purpose
• Claim
• Persuasion 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

able to be verified through facts and evidence

• Inference
• Explicit
• Objective
• Objective Summary 

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

evidence or reasoning that is false, illogical, or in error

• rhetoric
• persuasive techniques
• fallacy 
• bandwagon 

What is the author's purpose of this paragraph?
_{I was only three when I first smelled the fresh, damp soil of Grandma's garden. Somewhere inside me, a seed of love sprouted and began to grow.}

• to explain a process of gardening
• to inform how to grow a garden
• to describe a garden
• to reflect on a personal experience.

Look closely at word choice, especially words with positive or negative _________, or emotional associations.

• connotations
• corrections
• dialogue
• tones

Word choice can also help reveal an author's  __________, or attitude toward his or her subject and audience.

• connotations
• corrections
• dialogue
• tone

writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject

• tone
• persuasion
• expository
• organization

valid

• true statement
• the dictionary definition of a word
• main idea
• when the unexpected happens

figurative language

• Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
• A reference to history
• A struggle or option in a story 
• untrue statement 

literal language

• main idea
• language that means exactly what it says
• How the reader feels about the text while reading.
• to suggest