Informational Text Terms Practice

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Which of the following excerpts would come from an informational text?

Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals.

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The search for the fever's causes and cure, not found for more than a century afterward, provides a suspenseful counterpoint to this riveting true story of a city under siege.

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With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound digs into deception, claws after crooks, rolls over robbers, and scampers after squirrels. Will he be able to resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty?

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The search for the fever's causes and cure, not found for more than a century afterward, provides a suspenseful counterpoint to this riveting true story of a city under siege.

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What the text is mostly about? Options: main idea, details, theme, author's purpose

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main idea

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Why the author wrote the text? Options: text structure, theme, author's purpose, main idea

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author's purpose

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Which sentence is an example of an opinion?

• People were excited to see the car as it passed through towns.
• Finding car parts was difficult.
• In 1903, there were no road maps.
• Today Jackson's Winton is displayed in the Smithsonian's National Museum.

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People were excited to see the car as it passed through towns.

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Bold words and subheadings are an example of-

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text features

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Thesis statement

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It is a one-sentence statement that explicitly outlines the purpose or point of your paper.

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Do informational texts tell a story to the reader?

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False

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Examples of informational texts: Newspaper, Magazine Articles, Encyclopedias. Which one is not?

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Short Stories

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Identify the text feature: Diagram, Map, Graph

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Diagram

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Identify the text feature: Diagram, Map, Graph

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Graph