Literary Nonfiction Vocabulary

A quick writing in your own words about the important pieces of a text. (Neutral)

• Theme

• Objective Summary

• Evidence

• Main Ideas

The idea the author wants you to remember the most. The BIG picture.

• Evidence

• Main Ideas

• Theme

• Central Idea

The Who, What, When, and How of each section. These are important details that support your central idea

• Main Ideas

• Theme

• Central Idea

• Evidence

Evidence that is found directly in the text. This would be an exact quote from the story.

• Implicit Evidence

• Chronological Order

• Explicit Evidence

• Description

Evidence that requires you to make an inference based on information in the text.

• Problem and Solution

• Explicit Evidence

• Description

• Implicit Evidence

picking up clues about what the author is telling you. It is not directly in the text. (reading between the lines)

• Inference

• Explicit Evidence

• Implicit Evidence

• Theme

This is a life lesson that can apply to people in the real world.

• Central Idea

• Theme

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

Which type of text structure present ideas or events in the order in which they happen?

• Sequence or Chronological

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

Which type of text structure identifies problems and provides solutions?

• Sequence or Chronological

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

Which type of text structure looks at two or more items to establish similarities/differences?

• Sequence or Chronological

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast