Informational Text Vocab Review

What is the best definition for controlling idea?

• the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea.

• Any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps convey meaning

• a source from the time in which an event being studied occurred and created by someone who was present at the event

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the best definition for informational text?

• picture or other image within a text

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• an act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

• text that presents information in order to inform or educate an audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the best definition for summarize?

• the pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

• to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the best definition for credibility?

• text that presents information in order to inform or educate an audience

• the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up-to-date information

• the pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is the best definition for inquiry?

• an act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

• the pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

• restate the meaning of something in different words.

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the best definition for key ideas?

• to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• the pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the best definition for paraphrase?

• the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• a credible or believable source.

• restate the meaning of something in different words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following informational text vocabulary words best describes the image below?

• graphic feature

• primary source

• text/print feature

• key ideas

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following informational text vocabulary words best describes the text below the image?

• primary source

• text/print feature

• reliable source

• organizational pattern

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the best definition for reliable source?

• restate the meaning of something in different words.

• an act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

• a credible or believable source.

• text that presents information in order to inform or educate an audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9