Elements of nonfiction.

Describes items as they appear in space-for example left to right.

• Purpose

• Spatial

• Cause and Effect

presents events in the order in which they happened.

• Chronological

• structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

explains how one event causes another.

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

examines a problem and proposes ways to solve it.

• Chronological

• Cause and Effect

• Problem ans Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Written texts that are delivered orally to an audience.

• Essays

• Speeches

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

short prose works that present facts about a subject.

• Articles

• Essays

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

also short prose works that focus on a particular subject.

• Essays

• Articles

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

which are practical documents that help readers perform everyday tasks.

• Functional texts

• Spatial

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

features some of the same elements and techniques as fiction.

• Literary non fiction

• Purposes

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Usually these are to inform, describe, or persuade.

• Purposes

• Structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5