Informational Text

Nonfiction Objective Biased

Diction Syntax Imagery

Classification Tone Valid

Evaluate Speaker Purpose

Audience Subject Ethos

Chronological Occasion Relevant

NonfictionWritings based on fact

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

BiasedUnfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something; favoritism/perspective

DictionThe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; style

SyntaxThe arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

ImageryVisually descriptive or figurative language

ClassificationCategorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood

ToneAttitudes 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

EvaluateDrawing a conclusion, based on an analysis which can be supported by evidence

SpeakerNarrator

PurposeThe author’s point in writing a specific piece

AudienceIntended reader

SubjectWhat the piece of writing is about

EthosAn 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)

ChronologicalA record of events starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.

OccasionReason; cause

RelevantClosely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

NonfictionWritings based on fact

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

BiasedUnfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something; favoritism/perspective

DictionThe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; style

SyntaxThe arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

ImageryVisually descriptive or figurative language

ClassificationCategorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood

ToneAttitudes 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

EvaluateDrawing a conclusion, based on an analysis which can be supported by evidence

SpeakerNarrator

PurposeThe author’s point in writing a specific piece

AudienceIntended reader

SubjectWhat the piece of writing is about

EthosAn 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)

ChronologicalA record of events starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.

OccasionReason; cause

RelevantClosely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand