Non Fiction Vocabulary

passages tell about real-life people, places, things, ideas, or events.

• fiction

• poetry

• setting

• non fiction

the who or the what of a passage; the most important information about the who or

the what.

• character

• main idea

• antagonist

• problem

the bits and pieces of information that support the main idea.

• essay

• summary

• supporting details

• paragraph

a shortened version of the text that focuses on the main idea of the work.

• friendly letter

• poem

• paragraph

• summary

the author’s reason for writing.

• author's purpose

• author's craft

• author's opinion

• author's viewpoint

the author’s attitude toward or opinion about the subject.

• author's craft

• author's viewpoint

• author's purpose

• author's work

a statement of the author’s point of view.

• author's purpose

• author's craft

• author's work

• author's claim

the author’s way of writing and the words they choose to use in their writing.

• author's craft/style

• author's purpose

• author's claim

• author's work

an educated guess based on the information in a passage and your prior

knowledge (what you already know.)

• text evidence

• supporting details

• infer

• summary

the way an author arranges/organizes the text.

• Text Structure/

  Organizational Pattern

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Sequencing