FAC: Nonfiction terms and Speech Parts

Indicates the topic and/or main idea of the entire text

• heading

• subheading

• bold print

• photos/captions

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Helps the reader identify the main idea for a particular section of text

• subheading

• heading

• footnotes

• sidebar

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Big, dark, block letters in a text, signaling that a term is important and can be found in the glossary.

• bold print (typeset)

• heading

• footnotes

• caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Briefly describes what is happening in a photograph/states what the reader is looking at.

• captions

• headings

• photos

• footnotes

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A reference/note placed at the bottom of a page that provides additional info. It usually has a number beside it in the text and is used for citations or important/unfamiliar terms.

• footnotes

• subheadings

• bold print

• captions

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Visually shows and organizes data about a topic mentioned in the text.

• graphs and charts

• footnotes

• diagrams

• photos

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A picture or drawing of an object with labels that teach the important parts of the object, or how it works.

• diagram

• graph or chart

• photo

• sidebar

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Boxes of information set apart from the main text, (usually located on the side or bottom of the page) that elaborate or give interesting details about a topic mentioned in the text. 

• sidebars

• diagrams

• captions

• subheadings

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A conclusion the reader comes up with based on information in the passage and their own knowledge

• Opinion
• Inference
• Summary
• Supporting Detail

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What a text is mostly about, the central point or most important idea that the writer is communicating about their topic

• Topic
• Supporting details
• Conclusion
• Main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2