1. 8A URR Vocab Feb. 22-Mar 5

2. Nonfiction Literature that is based on fact.

3. Primary Source Text written by a person directly involved in the events he or she is describing. Examples: speeches, journals, documents, and letters.

4. Secondary Source Text written by someone who was not directly involved in the events he or she is describing. Examples: history books, encyclopedias.

5. interview A meeting in which information and opinions can be collected from a person. *Transcripts of interviews can serve as useful primary sources.

6. Historical documents Dated documents that recount a transaction or event.

7. Diaries Personal records of daily thought and events, also referred to as journals.

8. Essay A short piece of prose writing that deals with a subject in a tightly focused way or expresses a particular point of view.

9. biography A nonfiction narrative about a person’s life.

10. Autobiography A nonfiction narrative in which the writer tells his or her own life story.

11. Headline The title of a news article.

12. subheading A secondary title of a news article.

13. Chronological Order A nonfiction format in which events are told in the order they happened.

14. Cause and effect A nonfiction format that examines the roots and impact of an event.

15. Compare and Contrast A nonfiction format that examines the similarities and differences between people, things, or events.

16. Fact Information verified as true.

17. Opinion A view or judgment on a particular matter or event.

18. Evidence Factual information that supports an author’s argument or point of view.

19. Bias A leaning or slanting toward a particular point of view.

20. Propaganda Information spread with the intent of promoting a particular cause. Propaganda is often manipulative, emotional, and logically flawed. http://www.martinlutherking.org/