Mr. Cahill Nonfiction Literature Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Scanning | running your eyes over a page rapidly until you find specific info you are looking for |
| Skimming | reading or glancing through quickly |
| Reading intensively | reading carefully and slowly |
| Speculation | a reasonable guess |
| Essay | a short literary composistion on a particular theme or subject |
| Main idea | The gist of a passage, central thought |
| Autobiography | a brief work of nonfiction about the history of a person's life written or told by that person |
| Biography | A brief work of nonfiction about the history of another person's life |
| Scientific Method | Method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data is gathered, a hypothhesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is tested., a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses |
| Reporter's questions | who, what, when, where, why |
| Persuasive essay | a brief work of nonfiction used to convine the reader of a writer's arguement relating to a debatable issue |
| Descriptive essay | a brief work of nonfiction that uses details and figurative language to let the reader see what the writer sees |
| Fact | a concept whose truth can be proved |
| Opinion | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed |
| Narrative Essay | a brief work of nonfiction that tells a story |
| Expository essay | a brief work of nonfiction that explains something with facs instead of opinion |
| Cause and Effect | The reason something happens and the result of it happening. |
| Journal writing | means that you regularly write down your thoughts or experiences |
| Observing | to see, watch, perceive, or notice |
| Inferring | to draw a conclusion, as by reasoning |
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