Nonfiction Terms

The way the audience or reader already feels about a topic or person prior to reading or listening to an author's ideas—may be favorable or unfavorable

• Anecdote

• Main Idea

• Audience

• Bias

What genre is informational text?

• Non- Fiction

• Fiction

• Fiction-Non

• Fantasy

able to be verified through facts and evidence

• Inference

• Explicit

• Objective

• Objective Summary 

Short prose works that are personal and focus on a particular subject.

• essays

• speeches

• expository

• persuasive

Style of writing designed to present facts and ideas or explain a process

• essays

• speeches

• expository

• persuasive

Writing that breaks a large idea into parts to show how the parts work as a whole

• analytical

• humorous

• reflective

• descriptive

Subheadings and charts used in a text. They can reveal author's purpose.

• point of view

• analytical

• text features

• word choice

The main purpose of nonfiction writing is to:

• A) Entertain

• B) Inform

• C) Persuade

• D) Narrate

Which of the following is a characteristic of nonfiction?

• A) Imaginary characters

• B) Factual information

• C) Mythical creatures

• D) Fictional settings

What is the term for the author's attitude toward the subject in nonfiction?

• A) Tone

• B) Mood

• C) Theme

• D) Plot