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Non- Fiction Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Internal Text Structure | An author's use of particular pattern or style of writing, in order to better communicate with his audience |
| Description/ List | The writer present in formation that describes or lists ideas about one topic. |
| Chronological/ Sequence | The author presents a series of events or explains a procedure or process in the order that they happen. |
| Cause/ Effect | The writer explains the reasons for an event and what happens because of it. |
| Compare/ Contrast | The writer discusses the similarities and differences between two ideas, object, and or processes. |
| Problem/ Solution | The writer introduces an idea or an issue and explains what the solution is. |
| Caption | An explanation or description accompanying a picture. |
| Graphic | A pictuyre created by a computer. ex. graphs, charts |
| Illustration | A picture created by a person |
| Photograph | A picture created by a camera |
| Bias | To have a strong preferences about an issue, to take one side in an arguement |
| Main Idea | The most important information which an author is trying to present |
| Supporting Details | Facts and opinions used by an author to back up his main idea |
| Summary | A shortened explanation of what the entire writing was about |
| Quotation | An exact copy of another person's words or writing in an article or news story |
| Unbias | to be free from prejudice, to not take one side in an arguement |
| Heading | A title at the head of a page or a section of a book, found after a title |
| Subheading | titles that divide a part or a piece of writing into shorter sections, found after a heading |
| Venn Diagram | a chart containing details on how two subjects are different in the outer circles, and details on how the subjects are alike where the circles overlap |
| Table of Contents | A list of the chapters of a book or parts of a document organized in the order in which they appear |
| Color Text | text printed in a different color in order to add emphasis |
| Italic Text | Text that is slanted to the rght in order to add emphasis |
| Underline Text | Text that has a line printed beneath it in order to add emphasis |
| Side Bar | A short block of text in a newspaper or magazine, typically boxed, giving the reader additional information |
| Glossary | An alphabetical listing of important words and definitions |
| Index | An alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc. with references to the places where they occur, typically found at the end of the book |
| Footnotes | An additional piece of information printed at the bottom of the page, usually identified by a number |
| Facts | Information that can be proven |
| Opinion | thoughts or beliefs held by the author that can not be proven true or false |
| Author's Purpose | The reason that an author chooses to write about a specific topic. |
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