Informational Text

Important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, or tone

• affix

• central idea

• key idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Intentional and deliberate us of organizational patterns, text, and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create an effective written work.

• author's purpose

• author's craft

• graphic feature

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

An electronic text read or heard on a computer or other electronic device that may include images, sound, video and other multimodal interactive and embedded elements.

• Informational text

• Graphic feature

• digital text

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

A word element, such as a prefix or suffix, that occurs before or after a root or base word to modify its meaning.

• Affix

• Graphic feature

• Informational text

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

A picture or other image within a text

• Affix

• Inquiry

• Graphic feature

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The main point of a piece of writing

• Main idea

• Central idea

• Key idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The intended target group for a message

• Writers

• Audience

• Leaders

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• Informational text

• Audience

• Author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

A text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate

• Author's craft

• Informational text

• Inquiry

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

The act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

• Informational text

• Inquiry

• Key Idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5