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