Nonfiction Notes

Nonfiction is a genre of literature that focuses on

• lies and deceit

• factual events and real people

• the news

• history

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Three types of nonfiction we will be studying in class are

• an essay, article, and speech

• the 6 o'clock news, history textbook, science textbook

• autobiographies and biographies

• book reports and research papers

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Tone is the author 's _______ toward both the subject and the audience

• attitude
• lies

• facts

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The author's purpose is the reason for writing, what are the 3 purposes?

• Help, Calm, Support

• Live, Laugh, Cry

• Inform, Persuade, Entertain

• Have fun, Spread facts, Get you to believe them

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is the central message, insight, or opinion in a work of nonfiction?

• Theme

• Thesis

• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The way a text is organized is called

• point of view

• text structure

• author's style

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This pattern of organization gives readers a detailed _______. It gives readers a mental image of the topic.

• description
• sequence and order

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of text structure explains how to do and or make something in a specific order?

• Sequence and Order

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

If you pig out and eat a bunch of food and then get a bellyache, this is an example of what?

• Problem and SolutionC

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What organizational pattern compares and contrasts specific elements of two or more things?

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5