The author's reason for creating a piece of writing (entertain, persuade, inform)

Writing that tries to influence the reader

Nonfiction writing that explains something

Writing meant to entertain

The order in which events happen in time

How things follow one another in order

Shows similarities and differences between two or more things

An event that happens first, which brings about something else happening

Dilemma and how it is fixed

When a writer presents a question and tries to answer it

When text defines a difficult term or idea

The author offers a main idea statement and then supports the statement with several details.

A drawing of what something looked like

A drawing that gives a simpler view of complex information. Short labels point out important parts of the drawing.

A list of the book's unfamiliar or important words or phrases with a definition for each term.

A list of the main ideas in the book with page numbers to tell you where to find them.

Lists chapters by the chapter title and pages on which they begin.

Page tells you the title, author, and publisher of book.

Separate the main text into smaller chunks of information. It tells you what the section is about.

Short bits of text with their own headers. They are usually boxed and separated from the main text.

Shows the reader what something looks like with an image made from a camera.

Tells you what is in a picture or drawing.

Tells you what topic will be discussed in the chapter (or in the section). They give you the main ideas in the book.

Words that stand out. Italics also show names of books, newspapers, movies, etc.

Words on a diagram or photo that points out important parts.