Informational Text

Choose three characteristics of informational text.

• A call to action

• Thesis Statement

• Details

• Evidence

• Plot

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Why is identifying the controlling idea important?

• It gives us background information.

• It gives us details.

• It makes it more interesting to read.

• It helps establish the purpose.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Choose two answers that can be used to support the author's controlling idea.

• Facts & Details

• Evidence

• Convincing arguments

• The reader's opinion on the topic

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

How do graphic features help readers understand a text?

• Helps the reader visualize information

• Helps the reader choose a side

• Allows the reader to clarify their feelings

• Allows the reader to add their own information

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the major difference between the purpose of informational and the purpose of argumentative?

• Informational tries to convince while argumentative gives information

• Informational gives information while argumentative tries to convince

• There is no difference between the two, I'm just being tricky

• Informational gets read while argumentative is a debate

Choose the best option for the blank. Informational texts __________ push the reader to believe or do something.

• ALWAYS

• SOMETIMES

• NEVER

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Choose the best definition for CONTROLLING IDEA.

• The main point of a piece of writing.

• The quality of being trustworthy, unbiased, & accurate.

• A form of an image within a text.

• Important ideas throughout a text.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Choose the best definition for CREDIBILITY.

• The main point of a piece of writing.

• The quality of being trustworthy, unbiased, & accurate.

• A form of an image within a text.

• Important ideas throughout a text.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Choose the best definition for GRAPHIC FEATURE.

• The main point of a piece of writing.

• The quality of being trustworthy, unbiased, & accurate.

• A form of an image within a text.

• Important ideas throughout a text.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Choose the best definition for KEY IDEAS.

• The main point of a piece of writing.

• The quality of being trustworthy, unbiased, & accurate.

• A form of an image within a text.

• Important ideas throughout a text.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1