Unit 4 Vocabulary - Investigating Informational Text

Central Idea

• The main point of a piece of writing

• specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• The type of writing usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Author's Purpose

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The intended group for a message

• The pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

• The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Organizational Pattern

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The intended group for a message

• The pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

• The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Text Structure

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic

• The intended group for a message

• The pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

• The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Key Idea

• The main point of a piece of writing

• specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• The type of writing usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, etc.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Summarize/Summary

• The main point of a piece of writing

• The type of writing usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, etc.

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Evidence

• The main point of a piece of writing

• specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• The type of writing usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, etc.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Genre

• The main point of a piece of writing

• specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• The type of writing usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, etc.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Informational Text

• The main point of a piece of writing

• The type of writing usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, etc.

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Audience

• A group

• People who show up for the play

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

• Intended target group for a message

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4