Nonfiction Elements

Question 1

Nonfictio

Answer 1

Forms of writing that present facts or discuss real life

Question 2

Essay

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An author supports a thesis and conveys his or her perspective on the topic

Question 3

Thesis

Answer 3

A central idea about a topic

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Article

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Provides information about a topic

Question 5

Speech

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A nonfiction text that a speaker delivers to an audience

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Purpose

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Reason for writing

Question 7

Organizational structure

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The order in which information and ideas are presented

Question 8

Tone

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Author’s attitude towards the topic

Question 9

Diction

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Author’s word choice

Question 10

Figurative language

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Language that is not meant to be taken literally

Question 11

Rhetoric

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Patterning of words

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To inform

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Provide facts and explain how they relate to one another.

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To persuade

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Try to influence an audience’s attitudes or actions

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To entertain

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Engage and move the emotions of an audience

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Narrative essays

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Tell the story of the actual experiences or events

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Expository essays

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Inform readers about a topic and explain the ideas it involves

Question 17

Persuasive or argumentative essays

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Attempt to convince audiences to accept an author’s claim or motivate to take a course of action

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Descriptive essays

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Give vivid details about a person, place, or thing to help readers picture it

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Reflective essays

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Explore the meaning of an experience or offer the author’s thoughts or feelings

Question 20

News articles

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Provide facts about current events and are written for an objective or neutral point of view

Question 21

Feature articles

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Provide facts about current topics and are written in a friendly, conversational style

Question 22

Speech of public advocacy

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A formal, prepared speech intended to persuade an audience to take action

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Talk

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Informal speech presented in a conversational style

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Impromptu speech

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A speech with little or not preparation, often in a conversational style

Question 25

Supporting details

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Pieces of information that illustrate, expend on, or prove the author’s ideas

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Statements of fact

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Statements that can be proved true

Question 27

Statistics

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Numbers used to compare members of a group of people or things

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Examples

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Specific cases

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Descriptions

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Details that tell what something looks like, sounds like, etc.

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Reasons

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Claims that justify a belief

Question 31

Expert opinions

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Judgements of people with special knowledge of a subject

Question 32

Chronological order

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Order in which events happened

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Comparison-and-contrast organization

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Grouping details according to their similarities and differences

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Cause-and-effect organization

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Used to show the different causes and effects of various conditons

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Repetition

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Reuse of a keyword, phrase, or idea

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Parallel structure or parallelism

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Use of similar grammatical structures to express related ideas

Question 37

Restatement

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Expression of the same idea in different words to strengthen a point

Question 38

Rhetorical questions

Answer 38

Inquiries that have obvious answers and that are asked for effect