Summarize - gives a brief restatement of the controlling idea and major points of a text, without any personal evaluation or opinion.
Interpret - gives a personal opinion and reflects a particular position about the text.
Controlling idea - is the main point the author wants to get across to readers, the reason he or she writes the text.
1) Drag and drop the forms of nonfiction with the descriptions.
a short text written to inform or persuade; found in newspapers and magazines and on internet websites
a person's life story told by himself or herself
a story about someone's life written by another person
a relatively short text focused on one major idea; written in paragraph form
a short text that tells a story in an entertaining way
an informal text in which a person writes about events in his or her life; written for the author's personal enjoyment and reflection
a personal account of one's life written to a particular person
a text a person writes about a significant event or time period in his or her own life
texts that use graphics, layout, and formatting to relay an informative or persuasive message
a set of instructions for performing a certain action
Choices
letter
article
journal, diary
autobiography
essay
procedural text
feature story
pamphlet, brochure, advertisement
memoir
biography
2) Match the words to the statements.
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gives a brief restatement of the controlling idea and major points of a text, without any personal evaluation or opinion.
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gives a personal opinion and reflects a particular position about the text.
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is the main point the author wants to get across to readers, the reason he or she writes the text.
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