Nonfiction Post Test Review

The author's purpose is to entertain, to explain or inform, to express an opinion, or to persuade readers

A periodical containing miscellaneous pieces (as articles, stories, poems) and often illustrated

The life story of someone written by another

Readers make inferences to supply information the authors leave out.

Gives information in order of occurence

When you make an inference, you use clues to come to your own conclusion.

If the supporting details don't prove the central idea, it is probably right.

A problem is described and a response or solution is proposed or explained.

A statement that can be proved from evidence such as fact, observation, reliable source, or expert's opinion

An opinion is a statement of personal belief, feeling or thought, which does not require proof or evidence

Original documents that contain important past information about a person, place, or an event

Using one individual or a small group as the representation of the whole group

A predetermined attitude towards an idea, thing, person, group, or situation

A writer's own life story

Looking at two or more items to establish similarities/differences

A statement that many people assume to be true but which is not necessarily true

The central idea is usually one sentence that states what the text is mostly about.

The main point an author is making in a text

Printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and contain news, articles of opinion, features and advertising

Give reason/explanation for happening

The author's purpose is not his or her reason for creating a particular work

Tells a true story, explains an idea, and gives facts and information