Informational Key Terms

Passages that explain or inform on a topic

• Informational text

• Narrative text

• Argumentative text

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

The most important point that the author is making in a passage.

• Objective summary

• Central idea

• Tone

• Point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Overview of a passage; captures main points but does not give every detail or opinion

• Objective summary

• Central idea

• Tone

• Bias

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

A statement that can be proven

• Fact

• Opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Author's belief or judgment about something

• Fact

• Opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

How ideas influence people or people influence events

• Organization

• Inference

• Interactions

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Reasonable idea based on evidence found in the passage

• Inference

• Central idea

• Fact

• Objective

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

symbolic meaning of words and phrases (dove represents peace)

• Technical meaning

• Denotative meaning

• Connotative meaning

• Figurative meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

An idea or feeling connected to the word

• Technical meaning

• Denotative meaning

• Connotative meaning

• Figurative meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the explicit or dictionary definition of a word

• Technical meaning

• Denotative meaning

• Connotative meaning

• Figurative meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4