Nonfiction Terms

Match the following

• the main idea of the text

• summary

• support for your answer directly from text

• central idea

• brief statement of main points

• text structure

• how a text is built

• text evidence

• when two or more texts disagree with each other

• conflicting claims

Which term means includes no opinion

• objective

• connection

• connotation

• allusion

Which term means reasons why an author writes an article

• author's purpose

• author's point of view

• author's claim

• interpretation

Which term means a way to separate people, things, ideas based on distinctions

• category

• comparison

• technical

• relevant

Match the following

• in order of time

• chronological

• reasons why something happened and effects of it

• compare and contrast

• states an obstacle and ways to overcome

• problem and solution

• whats common or different about 2 subjects

• cause and effect

Which term means what the author believes

• author's claim

• author's point of view

• author's purpose

• supporting details

Information that is not related to the argum​ent is called ​ ​ (a)   ​ and information that is related to the argument is called ​ (b)   ​

• irrelevant
• relevant
• connection
• distinction
• comparison

the emotional feeling associated with a word is called ​​ (a)   and the dictionary definition of a word is called ​ (b)  

• connotation
• denotation
• interpretation
• comparison
• tone
• technical
• supporting details

Which term means how an author sees a set of facts; their explanation of facts presented

• interpretation

• distinction

• connection

• comparison

Which term means relationship between individuals, ideas, and events

• interpretations

• connections

• distinctions

• comparison