Informational Signposts

The author uses numbers, specific number words or amounts

• Quoted Words

• Word Gaps

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Numbers & Statistics

The author shows a difference between what you know about a topic and what happens in the text

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Quoted Words

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Word Gaps

The author uses a word or phrase you don’t know (expert language).

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Word Gaps

• Quoted Words

• Contrasts & Contradictions

The author uses language that leaves no doubt, exaggerates, or pushes the limit.

• Numbers & Statistics

• Quoted Words

• Word Gaps

• Extreme & Absolute Language

What are nonfiction signposts?

• Posts that an author accidentally leaves in a text.

• Moments in a book that make the reader think.

• Noticeable points in a text that stand out as significant.

• Parts of a text that may confuse the reader.

"Animal rights groups gathered 180,000 signatures for a petition." This is an example of:

• Quoted Words

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Word Gaps

• Numbers & Statistics

Which signpost is in the following sentences?

Young people love the wildly popular app for making quick, funny videos. Yet, Karen North and others worry.

• Contrasts and contradictions

• Quoted words

• Extreme and absolute language

• Numbers and stats

What question should you ask when you see numbers and stats?

• Why did the author use those numbers or amounts?

• Are those numbers big or small?

• What does this question make me wonder?

• What life lesson does this amount teach me?

Which of these questions should you ask when you see quoted words?

• What did this author write this text

• Why did the author quote or cite this person?

• Who is the person in the quote?

• What should the character say next?

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear," said MLK. This is:

• Word Gaps

• Extreme & Absolute Language

• Contrasts & Contradictions

• Quoted Words