Reading Informational Texts Key Terms

Passages that explain or inform.

• Informational

• Literary

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

• Explicit Idea

• Inference

• Key Detail

• Main Idea

stated directly by the author. The author tells the readers exactly what they need to know.

• Explicit Idea

• Inference

• Key Detail

• Main Idea

What the text is mostly about. These are also called the central or controlling ideas.

• Explicit Ideas

• Inferences

• Key Details

• Main Ideas

The facts and ideas that support the central idea.

• Explicit Ideas

• Inferences

• Key Details

• Main Ideas

to provide an overview of a text that captures the main points but does not give all the details.

• Interactions

• Organizations

• Relationships

• Summarize

The connections between two or more people or things. When reading for information, it is important to examine the way individuals, events, ideas, and concepts interact.

• Interactions

• Organizations

• Relationships

• Summarize

refer to how ideas influence individuals or events or how individuals influence ideas or events.

• Interactions

• Organizations

• Relationships

• Summarize

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

• Interactions

• Organization

• Relationships

• Summarize

includes chronological order, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, order of importance, and problem and solution.

• Evidence

• Organizational Structures

• Point of View

• Reasons