Nonfiction texts are those in which the creator, assumes responsibility for the truth or accuracy of the events, people, or information presented in them. Such Nonfiction passages often contain dates and are frequently organized following a chronological order. <em>In nonfiction texts chronological order means that the information contained in them is organized by the time in which each event occurred </em> In other words, chronological order means that the information is organized chronologically, (Chrono = Time, Logic = Order).
Nonfiction passages that are organized chronologically often contains dates. Events are told in the order in which they happened, and the author uses time-order words, such as first, second, next, and finally to make a sequence of events clear.
Another important clue are words like meanwhile and simultaneously which signal that two or more events took place at the same time.
And finally, the author may include dates and other information of time called time indicators to help readers understand the relationship of events happening in the text.
