Nonfiction Notice & Note Signposts

When you are reading and the author uses a word or phrase you don’t know. This is a

• Contrast and contradiction

• Absolute language

• Word gap

• Quoted Words

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When you are reading and notice the author quoted a Voice of Authority, a Personal Perspective, or cited Other’s Words this is a

• Contrast and contradiction

• Word Gap

• Absolute Language

• Quoted Words

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Authors used quoted words to . . .

• Help you think about the author’s point of view, purpose, bias, or conclusions.

• Give perspective, facts and opinions, or a generalization

• Give credibility to their claim

• All of the Above

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When you are reading and you notice specific numbers, number words or amounts the author is using

• Contrast and Contradictions

• Numbers and Statistics

• Quoted Words

• Absolute Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

When you are reading and you notice the author uses language that leaves no doubt, exaggerates, or pushes to the limit, why does the author say it like that?

• the author is exaggerating to make you think a certain way

• The answer will tell you something about the author’s point of view and purpose

• To prove ethos, pathos, and logos

• To help you come to a conclusion, make a comparison, see the details, infer, find facts, or recognize evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

When you are reading and the author shows you a difference between what you know and what is happening in the text the author is using . . .

• Absolute Language

• Quoted Words

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Numbers and statistics

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

The iPhone XR, XS and XS Max — would have screens that measured between 5.8 inches and 6.5 inches diagonally, compared with 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches two years ago. In fact, the 6.5-inch screen on the iPhone XS Max is Apple’s biggest ever. - This is an example of which signpost?

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Absolute Language

• Quoted Words

• Numbers and Statistics

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Today’s high school students are more precocious, more politically engaged, more tuned in to their gender identities . . . . They are already flooded with uncensored, unedited information, 24 hours a day. - This is an example of . . .

• Absolute Language

• Contrasts and contradictions

• Numbers and Statistics

• Quoted Words

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

“It got ugly pretty quickly,” recalls Abraham Levin, who was a senior at the time. - This is an example of . . .

• Contrasts and contradictions

• Numbers and Statistics

• Word Gaps

• Quoted Words

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In extensive tendrils of hot gas that span the otherwise empty chasms between galaxies, more properly known as the warm-hot intergalactic medium, or WHIM. - This is an example of

• Word Gaps

• Absolute Language

• Contrasts and contradictions

• Numbers and statistics

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4