Nonfiction Vocabulary

Tone

• The writer’s attitude toward his/her subject
  
• the feeling a reader gets from a story
  

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Textual Evidence

• a conclusion drawn from available information
• available proof drawn from the facts and information provided in text
  

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Inference

• available proof drawn from the facts and information provided in text
  
• a conclusion drawn from available information
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Writer's Purpose

• PIE: persuade, inform, entertain
• To make tons of money!

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Entertaining

• serious, dark

• humorous, witty

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Opinion

• What the writer wants to accomplish

• A personal view or attitude

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Nonfiction

• Type of writing about real persons, places, events

• From the writer's imagination

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Satire

• Text that criticizes human weakness

• The writer's attitude toward his/her subect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Fact

• Text that uses logic

• A statement that can be checked by testing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Essay

• a short piece of writing on single topic

• a writer's account of another person's life

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D