The Biometric Body- Informational Text and Vocabulary Terms

A type of nonfiction text that informs the readers about real people, situations, or events.

​Informational Text

Multiple Choice

Go to page 264 in your textbook to answer the following question.

Which of the following is a characteristic of an informational text?

• It often makes use of text features such as diagrams, headings, and pictures.

• It expresses a central, or main idea.

• Its main purpose is to inform and explain.

• All of the above.

1. Preview the text: look at the title, headings, pictures, and other text features. What is the text going to be about?

2. Turn the title and headings into "W" questions.

3. As you read, look for the answers to the questions.

4. Determine which details are important. What do they all have in common?​

5. Is the main idea directly stated or implied?​

​How do I find it?

Informational texts feature a central idea, or thesis--the idea the writer explains.

Definition

​MAIN IDEA

Multiple Choice

To figure out the main idea of an informational text, I should

• Preview the text before reading it. Look at the title, pictures, headings, and other text features.

• Turn the title and headings into "W" questions.

• Read and look for the answers to the questions I formulated.

• All of the above.

​Organizational Pattern

• Authors use supporting evidence and logical reasoning to develop main ideas and to achieve their purpose.

• Authors use an organizational pattern or text structure to connect their ideas.

• Watch out for signal words that reveal the type of text structure. ​

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Multiple Choice

Go to page 265 to answer the following question.

What organizational pattern is used in the following paragraph?

To guard your health, learn the pros and cons of foods. For example,

cheese has energy-giving protein. However, it also contains harmful

saturated fats.

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Pros and Cons

• Sequential Order

Multiple Choice

How are ideas organized in the informational article "The Biometric Body"? (What is its text structure?)

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Pros and Cons

• Problem and Solution

​crime that involves deception and fakery

​Fraud (noun)

Multiple Choice

A crime that involves deception and fakery is called

• forged

• impostor

• masquerade

• fraud

​change or hide appearance

​disguise (verb)

Multiple Choice

"Certainly it would be difficult to disguise DNA..."

What is the meaning of disguise?

• pretend to be someone or something else

• impostor

• masquerade

• change or hide appearance

pretend to be someone or something else.

​masquerade (verb)

Multiple Choice

The man was masquerading under a false name.

What was the man doing?

• pretending to be someone else

• telling everyone his real name

illegally created fake copies or versions

​forged (verb)

Multiple Choice

What are examples of things that can be forged?

• fingerprints

• signatures

• documents

• All of the above

a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive people

​impostor (noun)

Multiple Choice

The man who claimed to be a prince turned out to be an impostor.

Based on the meaning of impostor, what does this sentence mean?

• The man was a prince.

• The man was not a prince.