ELA Review Terms Set 2

What does a scientific text usually explain?

• Events and people from the past

• Scientific concepts, experiments, or discoveries

• How to perform technical tasks

• The life and achievements of historical figures

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What is an example of a nonfiction text?

• A story about a magical stone

• A biography about Martin Luther King Jr.

• A novel set in an imaginary world

• A fairy tale about a princess

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What are context clues ?

• Details that support the main idea of a text

• Clues that help readers understand the meaning of unknown words

• Features that enhance the appearance of a text

• Elements that describe historical events

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of these are example of non-fiction?

• Articles, biographies, text books

• Poems, fairy tales, stories

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A text that explains how to do something with step-by-step directions. Examples of this text include instructional manuals, directions, and recipes are all examples of...

• historical
• scientific
• technical

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

What is a nonfiction text

• A text that provides factual information and is based on real events, people, or ideas

• The most important point that the author is trying to make about the topic

• clues in a text that help readers determine the meanings of unknown words by providing hints or information around unfamiliar words

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What is the main idea?

• The most important point the author makes about a topic.

• A supporting detail that supports and proves the main idea.

• The topic of the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What are supporting details (key details)?

• The most important point the author makes about a topic.

• Details from the text that support and proves the main idea.

• Useless information that nobody wants to read about.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is fiction?

• Stories that are not true and are created from the author's imagination.

• Texts that provide factual information and are based on real events, people, or ideas.

• Historical Texts, Scientific Texts, and Technical Texts

What are the 3 types of nonfiction texts?

• Elements of a text that help readers understand the information they are reading. Examples: table of contents, pictures, captions, graphs, sidebars, hyper links.

• Texts that provide factual information and are based on real events, people, or ideas.

• Historical Texts, Scientific Texts, and Technical Texts

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5