Vocabulary - Key Idea & Details

This is a type of real-world writing that presents material that is necessary or valuable to the reader.

Example: Examples include news articles, instructional guides, and business memos.

• fiction

• informational text

• essay

• argumentative writing

Definition: The key point made in a passage is called its ____ idea.

• central or main

• logical

• inference

• implied

Definition: A group of steps or events that are in order is called a ____.

• structure

• directions

• main idea

• sequence

Definition: This is used when details are organized by degree of impact.

• problem and solution

• structure

• order of importance

• cause and effect

Definition: This is the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur in time.

• chronological order

• main idea and details

• cause and effect

• argumentative writing

Definition: The way a piece of writing is organized is called its ____.

• explicit directions

• essay

• structure

• implied

Definition: This is a list of three or more items, usually separated by commas.

Example: Tom's favorite foods are hamburgers, pizza, chicken, and broccoli.

• events

• series

• directions

• informational text

Definition: These are the instructions that tell how to do something.

Example: 1. Open your test booklet.

2. Read the first question.

3. Mark the correct answer with a number two pencil on your answer sheet.

• series

• fiction

• figurative language

• directions

Definition: This is an expression of an author's personal belief. It is not something that can be proved to be true or false.

Example: "England is the best place to go for a vacation."

• fact

• opinion

• explicit directions

• inference

Definition: This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read. You make an _____.

• inference

• main idea

• argument

• fact