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Nonfiction vocab
Nonfiction
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Author's purpose | To inform, To explain, To describe, To share facts, To highlight, To emphasize |
| Main/Central Idea | What a text or a paragraph is mostly about |
| Organization pattern/Structure | Chronological/Sequential order, Compare and contrast, cause and effect, description |
| Article/Selection | A nonfiction text about a topic |
| Section | A small part of a text |
| text features | Subheadings, captions, title |
| graphic features | Map, diagram, timeline, photograph |
| Chronological order | Events that are told in sequential order |
| Describe | Telling facts about the characteristics of something |
| suggest | to say something indirectly |
| Biographical text | a text written about someone written by someone else |
| Argumentative text | a text written to persuade someone to think or do something |