Informational Text

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY. What are the reasons for an authors purpose in writing.

• Persuade

• Excite

• Inform

• Entertain

• Main Idea

An author is writing a new textbook to update students on more current events in history. Is this author writing to...

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

• Excite

What is text structure?

• How information in a written text is organized to help you understand the main idea.

• Using facts to inform you of information.

• To explain how something happened and why

• Hints the author uses to define an unusual word.

If I am reading a recipe to bake a cake which text structure will I need to use?

• Descriptive

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological/Sequence

• Problem and Solution

If I am reading an article that discusses littering and then shares ways we can fix or help with littering what type of text feature am I reading?

• Descriptive

• Chronological

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

What are context clues?

• Vocabulary words within a text

• Hints the author gives you to help define a difficult word.

• Clues in a mystery type story.

• The main idea of a text.

You wake up in the morning and you notice the sky is filled with big dark clouds, the air is cool and humid, and the ground is wet and you see puddles. You may INFER what?

• That a storm is coming.

• That there will be a tornado.

• That a storm came during the night.

• You didn't see rain so it didn't happen.

Objective Summaries are based on your own opinions and what you think of the topic.

• True

• False

The dog is white with black spots. The dog is 50 pounds and 2 and a half feet tall. The dog has long fur. This is an example of what?

• Subjective Summary

• Objective Summary

• Main Idea

• Context Clues

Which text feature does the following: Explains what, why, and how an event happened.

• Compare and Contrast

• Descriptive

• Chronological

• Cause and Effect