Non-fiction texts that explain or provide information
Text features
Realistic Fiction
Supporting details
Expository text
Visual or graphic aids that support the information being given to the reader.
Timeline
Supporting details
Text features
Caption
A piece of information that can be proven as true.
Facts
Subheading
Main Idea
Chorological
What a person feels or thinks about a topic or idea.
Facts
Main Idea
Opinion
Subheading
A brief sentence that explains a picture, graph, diagram or other visual aid.
Diagram
Sidebar
Caption
Map
A visual aid that shows the parts of something, usually by using labels.
Audience
Diagram
Author's purpose
Main Idea
A visual aid that shows numbers in some form, such as a line graph, pie chart, a table, etc.
Subtitle/Subheading
Audience
Supporting details
Graph
Identifies the topic of a section of text. Usually in large, bold type or a contrasting color from the text.
Subtitle/ Subheading
Timeline
Opinion
Facts
A visual aid that show a sequence of events, in the order that they happened.
Subtitle/Subheading
Graph
Timeline
Audience
The reason why the author wrote the text; it could be to persuade you to think or act in a certain way, or to give you information about a topic.
Fact
Author's purpose
Graph
Topic
Who the author wrote the text for; it could be for students in a classroom, for other experts in the same field, for the general public, etc.
Sidebar
Audience
Graph
Opinion
The major ideas or concepts included in the text.
Chronological
Main Idea
Text structure
Topic
The information that explains or supports the main ideas. These can be facts, expert opinions, statistics, or examples.
Supporting details
Expository text
Text structure
Timeline
The way the author organized the information presented in the text.
Audience
Supporting details
Text structure
Cause and effect
The author presents a problem, then provides possible solutions to solve it.
Compare and contrast
Problem-solution pattern
Timeline
Chronological
The author presents information in sequential order - in the order that it happened.
Chronological
Diagram
Sidebar
Supporting detials
