Nonfiction SignPosts

Nonfiction SignPosts help

• determine the validity of the information in the text
• reveal an author's bias
• challenge the text
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Contrasts and Contraditions

• When a character is acting weird
• When the author uses informal language
• When the author does not cite their sources
• When the author presents info that contradicts what you think/know

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Extreme Language

• When the author curses
• When the author cites multiple sources
• Language that possibly exaggerates
• Language that is formal

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Numbers and Stats

• Statistical information 
• Graphs
• Many, all, few
• All of the above

Quoted Words

• When the author talks in first person
• When the author quotes a voice of authority
• When the author reaches out to the audience in second person
• When the author inserts a citation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

Word Gaps

• Hyphenated Words
• Indenting paragraphs
• Unknown words
• Define words

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

All 
Always
None
Never

• Contrasts and Contradictions
• Extreme Language
• Word Gaps
• Quoted Words

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"               "

• Extreme Language
• Quoted Words
• Word Gaps
• Citation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

Technical talk, meant to confuse the reader

• Extreme Language
• Quoted Words
• Contrasts and Contradictions
• Word Gaps

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Exaggeration used to overstate a case

• Contrasts and Contradictions
• Extreme Language
• Word Gaps
• Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4