Nonfiction Vocabulary Terms Crossword

The description or the documenting of historical, or "real life" events. The main types are autobiographies, biographies, encyclopedias, essays, feature stories, interviews, newspaper articles, and textbooks.
Nonfiction that is written mainly to provide factual information.
Original, firsthand accounts
The process of forming a mental picture based on a written description
sensory details, visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
an autobiography or a written account of one's memory of certain events or people.
A book written about aperson's life or one main event. The author's purpose is to inform the reader.
A prose narrative relating personal experience usually told in first person; its content is nontraditional. "Personal" refers to a story from one's life or experiences.
A biography written by the author about his or herself. Told in first person.
More information about the main idea.
The important points within the text
a main idea, central topic, moral lesson, or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
Text evidence + background
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. Text evidence + background knowledge
Descriptions based on primary sources
Telling the main ideas of a piece of writing briefly in your own words.
a rewording of something written or spoken by someone else. express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
An opinion is given and is backed up with reasons and facts against another opinion.
A reader's process of relating the content of a literary work to their knowledge and experience.
Pausing while reading to review past events in the literature and to check someone' s understanding
The process ofjudging something or someone in a work of literature
Nonfiction that reads like fiction but provides factual information.
discover or reveal (something) through detailed examination. examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.
a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem. a person who delivers a commentary accompanying a movie, broadcast, piece of music, etc.
the position from which something or someone is observed. the narrator's position in relation to a story being told. A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence. Includes an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Usually, is referred to as the atmosphere of a literary piece, as it creates an emotional setting that surrounds the readers.
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience; is generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. ... can be formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad, or cheerful, or it may be any other existing attitude.