WorksheetsFiction AND Nonfiction Signposts
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are signposts in readings?
Signposts are commonly use features in texts that stand out and hold important information about the main idea of a text.
Signposts are big words.
Signposts are pictures within a story that show you what's happening in the written part of the story.
Signposts are scary moments in stories.
True or False: Signposts are only found in nonfiction readings.
True
False
The following are NON-FICTION signposts EXCEPT:
Numbers and Stats
Contrast and Contradictions
Memory Moment
Word Gaps
The following are FICTION signposts EXCEPT:
AhHa Moment
Quoted Words
Contrast and Contradiction
Tough Questions
This nonfiction signpost is an important number or statistic:
Math Moments
Quoted Words
Numbers and Stats
AhHa Moment
This nonfiction signpost is a word or phrase that exaggerates or pushes the limits of truth.
Ahha Moments
Quoted Words
Absolute and Extreme Language
Contrast and Contradictions
This nonfiction signpost shows information that goes against what was previously thought as true OR shows a difference between two subjects or opinions.
Numbers and Stats
Contrast and Contradictions
Opposites
Memory Moment
The following fiction signpost is a word, phrase, event, or symbol that shows up multiple times in the story.
Again and Again
Word Gaps
Contrast and Contradictions
Quoted Words
This fiction signpost shows a difference in a character OR shows a character acting differently than what they normally would.
Quoted Words
Ahha Moment
Contrast and Contradictions
Memory Moment
This fiction signpost is also known as a flashback and is when the story refers back to something that happened in the past.
Ahha Moment
Numbers and Stats
Memory Moment
Again and Again
Select ALL NONFICTION signposts
AhHa moment
Quoted Words
Numbers and Stats
Again and Again
Select ALL FICTION signposts
Numbers and Statistics
AhHa Moment
Contrast and Contradictions
Tough Questions
This fiction signpost is advice given to a character from a more experienced or wiser mentor.
Words of the Wiser
Quoted Words
Tough Questions
Again and Again
This nonfiction signpost is a word you may not know, but relates to the topic and needs to be known.
Word Gaps
Numbers and Stats
AhHa Moment
Tough Questions
Which of the following signposts is a fiction AND a nonfiction signpost?
Numbers and Stats
Again and Again
Contrast and Contradictions
Tough Questions
