Unit 3 Vocabulary

the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing; this 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

• credibility

• graphic feature

• informational text

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

• controlling idea

• credibility

• editing

• graphic feature

a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling

• controlling idea

• credibility

• editing

• informational text

picture or other image within a text

• controlling idea

• credibility

• graphic feature

• informational text

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

• controlling idea

• editing

• graphic feature

• informational text

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

• editing

• informational text

• inquiry

• paraphrase

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

• controlling idea

• credibility

• key ideas

• organizational patterns

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

• informational text

• inquiry

• text/print feature

• organizational pattern

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

• paraphrase

• inquiry

• editing

• key ideas

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

• credibility

• informational text

• key ideas

• text/print feature