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Non-Fiction Words
October 2014
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| almanac | a book published once a year with facts about a wide variety of subjects. |
| anecdote | a short, often funny, true story about something that has happened in a person's life. |
| atlas | a book of maps |
| bibliography | a list of books or articles about a subject. |
| chronological | events arranged in the order in which they happened. |
| fact | a statement that can be proven true and backed by data or evidence. |
| journal | a diary in which a writer jots down his or her thoughts, feelings, and experiences. |
| memoir | a book or essay that someone writes about his or her memories |
| opinion | a statement that tells what someone thinks about a topic. It cannot be proved true or false. |
| procedure | a set of instructions on how to complete a task or solve a problem. |
| source | a person, book, document, or website that provides information or evidence. |
| statistics | a fact in the form of a number or percent. |
| table of contents | a list of topics in a nonfiction text that tells you how information in that text is organized. |
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