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