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.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

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.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

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.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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.

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

• graphic feature

• primary source

• text/print feature

• key ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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