Nonfiction Terms

Anecdotes

• Ideas that most people share
• a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
• Events are arranged in the order in which they happened
• something that is true, or has occurred, or happened. Could be proven.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

Argument

• to quote, or provide support by using an author's words and giving them credit for those words
• Supporting sentences, pictures, or words from a text that backs up or proves what you are saying
• set of reasons that someone gives to persuade others, or an exchange of different views
• words or phrases used to connect ideas together

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Author's Style

• the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text
• what the text (passage, book, or paragraph) is mostly about
• A reference to a specific work using the author's last name or article title AND page number if available.
• an educated guess drawn from evidence or reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

cause and effect

• to quote, or provide support by using an author's words and giving them credit for those words
• The reason something happens and the result of it happening.
• to state or assert something is true, without evidence or proof
• a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

central idea

• Give an account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout.
• Events are arranged in the order in which they happened
• Give an account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout.
• the main idea of a text

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

chronological order

• a viewpoint, what someone thinks or believes to be true
• Events are arranged in the order in which they happened
• the combination of ideas to form a theory or system
• the primary position taken by a writer or speaker, can be informative

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Citation

• A reference to a specific work using the author's last name or article title AND page number if available.
• Ideas that most people share
• writing that tells about real people, places, and events
• A text structure that presents a problem and offers solutions to solve the problem.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Cite

• a viewpoint, what someone thinks or believes to be true
• Give an account of similarities and differences between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout.
• to quote, or provide support by using an author's words and giving them credit for those words
• the answer to the opposing claim, proves the other side wrong

Claim

• A retelling of the most important parts of what was read. (Main idea, details)
• the answer to the opposing claim, proves the other side wrong
• writing that tells about real people, places, and events
• to state or assert something is true, without evidence or proof

Commonly accepted beliefs

• Ideas that most people share
• the combination of ideas to form a theory or system
• the author's word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement all work together to establish mood, images, and meaning in the text
• proper, professional language or words

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2