Nonfiction Terms

An original source of information about a topic (e.g., study, artifact, data set, interview, article)

• Informational Text
• Persuasive Text 
• Literary Nonfiction
• Primary Source 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Text that includes literary elements and devices usually associated with fiction to report on actual persons, places, or events. Examples include nature and travel text, biography, memoir and the essay.

• Informational Text 
• Persuasive Text 
• Literary Nonfiction 
• Primary Source 

A type of non-fiction writing used to convince the reader to agree with the author about an issue.

• Informational Text
• Persuasive Text 
• Literary Nonfiction 
• Primary Source

The author’s intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do or not do something.

• Main Idea
• Author's Purpose
• Claim
• Persuasion 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The author’s central thought; the chief topic of a text expressed or implied in a word or phrase;the topic sentence of a paragraph. 

• Main Idea
• Supporting Detail 
• Style
• Tone 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Points of information in a text that strongly support the meaning or tell the story. Statements that define, describe, or otherwise provide information about the topic,theme, or main idea

• Main Idea
• Supporting Detail 
• Style
• Tone 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The author’s choices regarding language,sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate with the reader.

• Main Idea
• Supporting Detail 
• Style
• Tone 

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The way in which an author expresses an attitude about his or her topic or subject through rhetorical choices.

• Main Idea
• Supporting Detail 
• Style
• Tone 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

A claim or thesis that conveys a particular perspective developed through a line of reasoning and supported by evidence. Arguments should be supported with valid evidence and reasoning and balanced by the inclusion of counter arguments that illustrate opposing viewpoints.

• Argument
• Claim
• Counterclaim 
• Defense of a Claim 

An opposing perspective, idea, or theory supported by evidence

• Argument
• Claim
• Counterclaim/ counter argument 
• Defense of a Claim