Informational Text Quiz

The author’s main goal in a piece of writing

• A. Informational Text

• B. Central Idea

• C. Text Structure

• D. Author's Purpose

The use of words to explain something in the text (titles, bold print, captions, etc.)

• A. Text Features

• B. Text Structure

• C. Graphics

• D. Central Idea

The overall message the author wants to share.

• A. Text Structure

• B. Inference

• C. Central Idea

• D. Author's Purpose

A text that presents information to explain, clarify, or educate.

• A. Text Structure

• B. Informational Text

• C. Argumentative Text

• D. Text Features

A picture, visual aid, or other image within the text used to support an author’s purpose

• A. Graphics (Graphic Features)

• B. Text Features

  (Print Features)

• C. Central Idea

• D. Author's Purpose

How an author organizes ideas in a text to accomplish a particular purpose

• A. Text Features

• B. Author's Purpose

• C. Text Structure

• D. Informational Text

Describes how things are alike and different.

• A. Problem & Solution

• B. Cause & Effect

• C. Sequence (Chronological Order)

• D. Compare & Contrast

Shows a problem and how it is solved.

• A. Compare & Contrast

• B. Problem & Solution

• C. Cause & Effect

• D. Sequence (Chronological Order)

Explains what happened and why it happened.

• A. Problem & Solution

• B. Sequence (Chronological Order)

• C. Cause & Effect

• D. Compare & Contrast

Explains events in the order in which they happened.

• A. Sequence (Chronological Order)

• B. Compare & Contrast

• C. Problem & Solution

• D. Cause & Effect