Nonfiction Terms

the controlling, or overarching, idea that states the main point the writer chooses to make

• supporting details

• central idea

• text features

• key details

content- specific words that are not generally used in conversation

• supporting evidence

• key details

• domain-specific vocabulary

• main idea

These help to organize the text. Examples are bold print, graphs, illustrations and charts.

• text structures

• main idea

• text features

• summary

An objective summary is in your own words and just gives the facts from the article.

• True

• False

Created to present life experiences

• Narrative Nonfiction

• Expository Nonfiction

What is Nonfiction?

• writing that relates facts and opinions about the real world

• writing that relates the fantastical and opinions about a fictional world

• writing that relates stuff about something

Created to inform, describe or explain

• Narrative Nonfiction

• Expository Nonfiction

Supporting evidence includes all the following except. . .

• quotes directly from the text

• paraphrased material

• facts and statistics

• the writer's opinion

Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

The focus of the text - all information/evidence should support this term

• Main idea

• Propaganda

• Anecdote

• Structure