4th Grade Milestones Key Terms for Informational Text

Passages that explain or inform

• Movie

• Literary Text

• Narrative Text

• Informational Text

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

To ______ means to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the passage.

• retell

• summarize

• explicitly state

• infer

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4A

The most important idea that the author is trying to say

• Theme

• Main idea

• summary

• order

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

The facts and ideas that support the main idea of a passage.

• Key details

• Main Idea

• Point of View

• Biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

A _____ contains the most important points from a passage but does not give all the details

• Retell

• Study

• Summary

• Purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

________ refers to the way in which a piece of writing is structured. Each sentence, paragraph, or chapter fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of ideas.

• Summary

• organization

• evidence

• introduction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

________ include chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution.

• cartoons

• transitions

• paragraphs

• organizational structures

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

The order in which a series of events happens

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological order

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Analyzes the relationships between ideas in a text. It tells the similarities and differences

• chronological order

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

This is a relationship where one thing causes another thing to happen

• chronological order

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5