Nonfiction Term Review

Match the word with its definition.

a word or phrase that tells what the essay is about

• topic

• main idea

• domain-specific vocabulary

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

These help to organize the text; examples are headings, sidebars, charts, tables, or illustrations

• text structures

• text features

• domain- specific vocabulary

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Important pieces of information that support the main idea of a text

• opinion

• point of view

• perspective

• key details

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge

• implicit

• opinion

• audience

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view

• explicit

• implicit

• inference

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the reason or intent for writing

• audience

• author's purpose

• bias

• perspective

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

content-specific words that are not generally used in conversation

• explicit

• implicit

• supporting evidence

• domain-specific vocabulary

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

the organizational pattern of an essay

• text structure

• text features

• supporting evidence

• perspective

who is telling or narrating the story or a particular attitude or way of considering a matter

• opinion

• point of view

• explicit

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

implied or not stated directly

• explicit

• point of view

• implicit

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2