NonFiction Terms to Know PART 2

What is the term that means  a conclusion based on clues in a text and someone’s own reasoning and background knowledge

• Inference

• Chronological

• Irrelevant evidence

• Analogies

What is the term that means evidence that DOES NOT directly connect to the author’s claim

• Main Idea

• Irrelevant evidence

• Secondary Source

• Sequence

What is the term for a type of text structure that organizes information into a main idea and its supporting details.

• statistics

• inference

• whole to part/part to whole

• problem/solution

What is the term for a type of text structure that organizes information by explaining what happened and why.

• cause and effect

• sequence

• chronological

• photos

What is the term for a type of text structure that organizes information into two parts: stating a problem and suggesting one or more solutions?

• supporting details

• problem/solution

• statistics

• anecdotal evidence

What is the term for a type of text structure that  organizes information by showing how two or more people, things, ideas, or events are similar and different?

• main idea

• sequence

• compare/contrast

• statistics

What is the term for the type of text structure that organizes details by location?

• description/spatial

• chronological

• secondary source

• inference

What is the term for a type of text structure that ordered in a way that events, movements, or things follow each other?

• sequence

• secondary source

• statistics

• expert opinions

What is the term for the type of text structure that is arranged in order of time of occurrence (like a timeline)?

• reasoned judgement

• compare/contrast

• statistics

• chronological

What is the term that means an account/photograph/artifact written or created by someone who DID NOT take part in or witness an event?

• inference

• reasoned judgement

• irrelevant evidence

• secondary source