LA nonfiction Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
A story of a person's life, told by someone else. Written in third person. | Biography |
A story of a person's life told by that person. Usually written in first person. Includes: journals, diaries, letters, and memoirs. | Autobiography |
Short work of nonfiction that deals with one subject. Types are called: expository (formal), personal (informal), and persuasive | Essay |
Provides facts about a subject. Includes: Newspapers, magazine articles, and feature stories. | Informative article |
A conversation in which one person asks questions to the other person. | Interview |
Explains why something happened, why certain conditions exist, or what resulted from an action or condition. | Cause and Effect |
Stories or articles that move forward in time from event to event. | Chronological |
Explains how two different subjects are alike and different. | Compare and Contrast |
Can be set up top to bottom, left to right, inside to outside, and near and far. | Spatial |
Journals, diaries, and letters | Primary |
Biographies and reference books | Secondary |
A piece of writting that consists of one or more sentences. Begins on a new and often indented line and contains a distinct idea. | Paragraph |
A sentence that states the main idea. | Topic Sentence |
A sentence that bring the paragraph to a ending. | Concluding Sentence |
An alphabetical collection of specilist words and their meanings. | Glossary |
An alphabetical list of topics, people, or titles. | Index |
Charts, maps, diagrams, and illustrations. | Graphic features |
The reason for creating a particular work. | Author's purpose |
The central message of a text. | Main idea |
Facts or examples that tell more about the main idea. | Supporting details. |
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