Nonfiction Vocabulary Review

What does the word "summary" mean?

• the total amount of paragraphs in the text

• a short description with the main points from the text

• the answer to an addition problem.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is "text evidence"?

• the main idea of the story

• proof that someone is guilty

• words from the text that prove your answer

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is "main idea"?

• the main part of the title

• what the author wants you to know most about a section of the text, what it is mostly about

• a description of what the text is about- like a blurp on the cover

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a text feature?

• a part of the story that adds to your understanding of the text-table of contents, glossary, chart

• a feature of the text

• the page numbers

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a paragraph?

• a type of text feature

• a piece of paper

• a section of the text that talks about a single theme (think white space)

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is "text"?

• a message to a friend

• written words- story, article, etc.

• pictures or text features in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does it mean to "infer"?

• make a guess based on the information you see in the text and information you know

• to bother someone

• to show evidence

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B