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Language Arts Nonfiction cards

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