Elements of Nonfiction Terms

A label or brief explanation that accompanies a photograph or an illustration.

• caption

• sidebar

• headline

• direct quotation

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A report of the exact words of an author or a speaker.

• caption

• sidebar

• headline

• direct quotation

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The title of an article in a newspaper or magazine or on a website.

• caption

• sidebar

• headline

• direct quotation

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The heading, or title, of a section of a text, sometimes called a subtitle. It’s a title that comes after the headline.

• objective summary

• paraphrase

• subhead

• supporting evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Information used to support an argument or a claim (also called “supporting details”). If you are writing about something you have read, you use it to back up or prove whatever point you are making.

• objective summary

• paraphrase

• subhead

• supporting evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

A short statement or paragraph that tells what an article is about and does not include your opinions.

• objective summary

• paraphrase

• subhead

• supporting evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

To reword or rephrase something written or spoken by someone else by putting it into your own words.

• objective summary

• paraphrase

• subhead

• supporting evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Parts of a newspaper article, magazine article, textbook, web page, or other type of text, beyond the main article or story, that help you better understand what you read like photographs, captions, bullet points, sidebars, and subheads.

• text evidence

• text features

• text structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The story of a person's life written by that person is called...

• journal
• memoir
• autobiography
• biography

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The story of a person's life written by another person is called...

• autobiography
• novel
• biography
• memoir

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10