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