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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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