Elements of Non-fiction

True or False: Nonfiction writing tells about FAKE people, places, objects, or events.

• True

• False

What are the different purposes an author may have for writing a non-fiction text? Select ALL that apply.

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Compare

• Inform

• Express

What are some forms/subgenres of non-fiction? Select all that apply.

• fiction

• persuasive

• informative

• literary non-fiction

What is main idea/central idea?

• The moral or message of a story.

• The title of an article.

• The most important thought, idea, or point; what the text is mainly about.

Which of the following can help us better understand an author's point of view in a non-fiction text? Select all that apply.

• Tone

• Theme

• Word Choice

• Meter

Which text structure brings up an issue and ways to fix the issue?

• description

• problem & solution

• cause & effect

• compare & contraast

What are text features?

• ways an author incorporates information through different elements

• the central idea

• the author's name

Which text structure tells what happened and how it happened?

• description/list

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• chronological

Which text structure follows the order in which events happened?

• compare and contrast

• chronological

• description/list

• problem and solution

Which text structure looks at the similarities and differences between things?

• compare and contrast

• description/list

• problem and solution

• chronological