Nonfiction Terms

This is the most important point that someone is making about a piece of writing.

• detail

• theme

• main idea

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

This is information that supports the main idea of the passage.

• paraphrase

• detail

• title

• index

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

This is a text structure that tells what happens as a result of something else.

• problem / solution

• cause / effect

• main idea

• chronological order

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This is a type of nonfiction written by the person that the writing is about.

• autobiography

• biography

• short story

• movie

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

This is a historical piece of evidence used to document a time in history.

• timeline

• memoir

• essay

• historical document

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

This is the exact words that someone has said that has been used in a document.

• notation

• paraphrase

• indirect quote

• direct quote

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When text is reworded, we call it this.

• thesis

• quote

• support

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A short statement that gives the main points or ideas of something WITHOUT the writer’s opinion.

• descriptive

• objective summary

• chronological order

• sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

This is like a biography but it tells about a point in the person's life

• memoir

• biography

• autobiography

• short story

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

This is a text structure feature that is organized by dates and events.

• map

• chart

• cause/effect

• timeline

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5