STAAR Review # 4 NONFICTION February 8, 2023

In reading, the category or type of literary work you read is called

• theme

• genre

• infer

The nonfiction genre has two points of views.

• True

• False

Nonfiction selections are based on

• rumors

• hearsay

• facts

Informational texts are examples of the ___________ genre.

• fiction

• nonfiction

An informational text includes __________ to support ideas.

• evidence

• theme

• genre

To ensure that informational texts are clear to readers, writers use a particular arrangement of ideas and information called ____________

• text structure

• pattern of organization

• structural pattern

• all of the above

Who or what is being talked about in an informational text

• main idea

• topic

• theme

The writer's message about the topic is called

• main idea

• topic

• theme

Which ones are examples of text structure in an informational text?

• chronological order

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• description

• all of the above

Examples of informational texts are: science writing or essays and news articles.

• TRUE

• FALSE