Nonfiction Unit Review

the dictionary definition of a word

An author's specific word choice is called...

type of organization that states a concept and defines or explains it

An autobiography is a primary source.

information about an illustration or picture, located beside the illustration or picture

why something happened

Wikipedia is a good website for people who are doing research.

When choosing a good website for research, you should avoid ones that end in

Showing a preference for one side of an issue or topic

An author writes about a personal experience to explain what it meant to him or what he learned

A source that includes eye witness accounts or firsthand knowledge

words, phrases, or sentences that show the connection between two ideas

Headings often indicate the topic or even the main idea of a section of text.

type of organization that explains what happened and why

Writing that reveals an author's feelings or opinions

titles of sections of text

Information related to a text that is put in its own text box beside the main text.

type of organization that uses many sensory details and concrete adjectives

definitions or examples placed at the bottom of a page of text

Using information from the author and what you already know to decide who or why

extra information related to a text, placed in its own box or section

Which would not be the best source to determine the accuracy of a passage on volcanoes?

type of organization that tells events in the order they happened

organization in which an author states a problem and offers one or more solutions

Giving more information about a topic or detail

"Jenny forgot her homework so she got detention" is an example of...

something that can be proved to be true

indicating the start of a paragraph by moving the first line five or more spaces to the right

details that are on topic and support that author's purpose and main idea

type of organization that shows how two or more things are alike and different

the central idea of a passage or paragraph

the feeling associated with a word; can be positive, negative, or neutral