Nonfiction Unit Review

A source that includes eye witness accounts or firsthand knowledge

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

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

An autobiography is a primary source.

the dictionary definition of a word

Showing a preference for one side of an issue or topic

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

Giving more information about a topic or detail

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

why something happened

the central idea of a passage or paragraph

type of organization that explains what happened and why

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

type of organization that tells events in the order they happened

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

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

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

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

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

type of organization that uses many sensory details and concrete adjectives

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

titles of sections of text

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

Writing that reveals an author's feelings or opinions

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

something that can be proved to be true

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

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

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

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

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

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