Informational Text terms

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the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing; it makes the reader ask a question that will be answered by reading more or helps the reader understand the author’s purpose for writing the paragraph or essay

• controlling idea

• inquiry

• thesis

• title

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

• bias

• credibility

• inquiry

• thesis

picture or other image within a text

• text feature

• graphic feature

• drawing

• infographic

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

• inquiry

• credibility

• research

• reading

a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate

• thesis

• informational text

• newspaper

• narrative text

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

• thesis

• controlling idea

• text structure

• key ideas

restate the meaning of something in different words; it alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation

• summarize

• key ideas

• paraphrase

• controlling idea

to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute these ideas to the original source.

• paraphrase

• summarize

• key ideas

• controlling idea

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

• text feature

• graphic feature

• text structure

• key ideas

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any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps convey meaning

• graphic feature

• text structure

• text feature

• print feature