6G Informational Academic Language

The most important point or idea the author is making in the text.

• theme

• central idea

• cause and effect

• connotative meaning

Refers to the way a piece of writing is structured

• organization

• objective summary

• anecdote

• integrate

Passages that explain or inform.

• objective summary

• anecdotes

• literary texts

• informational texts

This organizational structure in which a series of events happens in order of time.

• chronological

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

The organization structure in which one thing causes another thing to happen

• chronological

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

The organizational structure in which a problem is identified, and one or more solutions are proposed.

• chronological

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

This organizational structure analyzing the relationship between ideas in a text.

• chronological

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

A short story about an interesting person or event.

• inference

• anecdote

• opinion

• integrate

A reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text.

• anecdote

• inference

• integrate

• evidence

The author's intention for his or her piece. May be to persuade, inform, explain, or entertain.

• purpose

• point of view

• anecdote

• central idea