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Nonfiction Terms

  • Game Code: 224082
  •  English    40     Public
    nonfiction terms
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  • cause and effect
    one thing makes another happen
  •  5
  • biography
    a book about someone's life written by someone else
  •  5
  • main idea
    the central idea/big point of the text
  •  5
  • sequence
    the order in which things happen
  •  10
  • problem and solution
    has a problem and a solution text organized by presenting an issue and working through to solve the issue
  •  15
  • compare contrast
    showing similarities and differences
  •  5
  • descriptive
    giving details about; explaining
  •  5
  • signal words
    words that show the type of informational text structure
  •  15
  • supporting details
    details that help explain the main idea
  •  10
  • dictionary
    book used for defining a word
  •  5
  • thesaurus
    book used to find synonyms for words
  •  10
  • charts
    visual representations of numerical data
  •  10
  • diagrams
    a drawing with labels that shows the parts of something or how something works
  •  15
  • headings
    words or phrases used to break up the text of an article into sections; often printed in a different color and size to stand out
  •  15
  • imagery
    description that appeals to the senses
  •  10
  • fact
    a statement that can be proved
  •  5
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