Informational Text Unit Test Review

What are text features?

• Elements in the text that further the reader's understanding of the text.

• A statement that lets the reader know what the writing will be about.

• Quotes from an expert that support your main idea.

Why the author wrote the text-

• text structure

• theme

• author's purpse

• main idea

All of these are examples of informational texts except for __.

• Newspaper

• Magazine Articles

• Short Stories

• Encyclopedias

Which of the following is NOT a text feature in an Informational Text?

• Title/Subtitle

• Author

• Picture, Graph, or Diagram/Caption

• Plot

Where can you find the subtitle of an article?

• after the word "by"

• under the picture

• at the top of the page

• before a new paragraph

What is central idea?

• a topic of a text
• what the author is saying about the topic
• details that support a claim
• an opinion disguised as a fact

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

• Who is the main character?

• What is the main event?

• What is one important detail?

• What point is the author trying to make?

What are the four types of informational text?

• Informative, persuasive, argumentative, prose

• Literary non-fiction, literary fiction, poetry, expository

• Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose

• Literary non-fiction, informative, argumentative/persuasive, expository

When we find the meaning of a word by looking at the words around it

• comparing

• contrasting

• context

• control

This is the attitude that the author takes toward the audience, subject, or a character

• viewpoint

• tone

• support

• style