Nonfiction Reading Strategies

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Non-fiction Reading Strategies
Key Types of Nonfiction are Biography Autobiogra
phy Essay Informative article Interview
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Non-fiction Reading Strategies

• Preview
• First look at the title, pictures, diagrams,
  subtitles, boldface or italic type.

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Non-fiction Reading Strategies

• Clarify the organization
• In (auto)biography events will likely be
  chronological.
• Events are presented in the order in which they
  happened.
• Look for dates and signal words like before,
  during, after, etc.

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Non-fiction Reading Strategies

• Summarize the Main Idea
• Think about the main idea and details.
• Restate them in a concise way.

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Non-fiction Reading Strategies

• Separate
• Facts and Opinions
• Facts are statements that can be proven.
• Opinions are statements that cant be proven and
  reflect someones personal feelings.

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Non-fiction Reading Strategies

• Evaluate
• what you read
• Evaluating means forming opinions about people,
  events, and ideas.
• Evaluate during and after reading.

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Non-fiction Reading Strategies
Key Types of Nonfiction are biography,
autobiography, essay, informative article,
interview

• Preview

• Clarify the organization

• Summarize the main idea

• Separate facts and opinions

• Evaluate what you read