1. Informational Text

2. Nonfiction
Objective
Biased
Diction
Syntax
Imagery
Classification
Tone
Valid
Evaluate
Speaker
Purpose
Audience
Subject
Ethos
Chronological
Occasion
Relevant

3. Nonfiction
Writings based on fact

4. Objective
(of a person or their judgment)
Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

5. Biased
Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something; favoritism/perspective

6. Diction
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; style

7. Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

8. Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language

9. Classification
Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood

10. Tone
Attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in piece of writing.
A piece of writing has at least one theme, or central question about a topic, and how the theme is approached within the work is known as the tone.

11. Valid
(of an argument or point)
Having a sound basis in logic or fact; reasonable

12. Evaluate
Drawing a conclusion, based on an analysis which can be supported by evidence

13. Speaker
Narrator

14. Purpose
The author’s point in writing a specific piece

15. Audience
Intended reader

16. Subject
What the piece of writing is about

17. Ethos
An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader (not an appeal to emotion or to logic)

18. Chronological
A record of events starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.

19. Occasion
Reason; cause

20. Relevant
Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

21. Nonfiction
Writings based on fact
Objective
(of a person or their judgment)
Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts
Biased
Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something; favoritism/perspective
Diction
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; style
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language
Classification
Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
Tone
Attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in piece of writing.
A piece of writing has at least one theme, or central question about a topic, and how the theme is approached within the work is known as the tone.
Valid
(of an argument or point)
Having a sound basis in logic or fact; reasonable
Evaluate
Drawing a conclusion, based on an analysis which can be supported by evidence
Speaker
Narrator
Purpose
The author’s point in writing a specific piece
Audience
Intended reader
Subject
What the piece of writing is about
Ethos
An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader (not an appeal to emotion or to logic)
Chronological
A record of events starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.
Occasion
Reason; cause
Relevant
Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand