Non-fiction Terminology 1

A text about a factual, informative subject is called...

• a narrative.

• fiction.

• nonfiction.

• a cause.

Fiction can be described as...

• a text about an imaginary subject.

• what makes the issue happen.

• the name that communicates the topic of the essay.

• a text about a factual, informative subject.

For a project, the students wrote _____________. It was a short, focused piece of writing.

• a quote

• an introduction

• a topic sentence

• an essay

The ____________ is what makes the issue happen.

• claim

• effect

• cause

• title

Osmani drove too fast and got into a car wreck.

The car wreck is the ____________.

• cause

• source

• effect

• evidence

A title is

• the reason why the claim is correct.

• at the beginning of the introduction, it grabs the attention of the reader.

• the five spaces at the beginning of a paragraph.

• the name that communicates the topic of the essay.

A group of sentences focused on one topic is ...

• a paragraph.

• evidence.

• the background.

• the support.

What is this area?

• The first paragraph of the essay.

• Words copied from another author and framed by quotation marks

• The five spaces at the beginning of a paragraph.

• Your opinion about a topic.

Your opinion about a topic is called ___________.

• a claim

• a cause

• a hook

• a quote

What are supports in an essay?

• They are reasons why the claim is correct.

• They grab the reader's attention.

• They describe the context or history of the topic.

• They are examples about the support.