Nonfiction Signposts Quizziz

The author shows a difference between what you know about a topic and what happens in the text

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Quoted Words

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Word Gaps

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The author uses numbers, specific number words or amounts

• Quoted Words

• Word Gaps

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Numbers & Statistics

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

The author uses a word or phrase you don’t know (expert language).

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Word Gaps

• Quoted Words

• Contrasts & Contradictions

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The author uses language that leaves no doubt, exaggerates, or pushes the limit.

• Numbers & Statistics

• Quoted Words

• Word Gaps

• Extreme & Absolute Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

"Animal rights groups gathered 180,000 signatures for a petition." This is an example of:

• Quoted Words

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Word Gaps

• Numbers & Statistics

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear," said MLK. This is:

• Word Gaps

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Quoted Words

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which of the following is both a fiction and non-fiction signpost?

• Again and Again

• Contrasts and Contradictions

• Words of the Wiser

• Memory Moment

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

Which of these questions should you ask when you see quoted words?

• What did this author write this text

• Why did the author quote or cite this person?

• Who is the person in the quote?

• What should the character say next?

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What question should you ask when you see numbers and stats?

• Why did the author use those numbers or amounts?

• Are those numbers big or small?

• What does this question make me wonder?

• What life lesson does this amount teach me?

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What questions should you ask yourself when you see extreme or absolute language?

• Why did the author say it like that?

• Why did the character act that way?

• How might this change the story?

• Why does this keep happening over and over?

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1