Unit 1.2 Standards Vocabulary

What are text features?

• how or what the author is describing to us about the topic of the text

• informational parts of the text that contribute to the meaning of the text by explaining or adding new information

• the author’s attitude towards a specific topic

• the most important thought that can be found throughout the text

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is text structure?

• the way an author organizes information in a text

• describes who or what the text is mostly about

• putting the most important ideas or information in your own words while restating the central idea and relevant details

• the author’s attitude towards a specific topic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is comparison?

• how or what the author is describing to us about the topic of the text

• text structure that helps readers visualize a topic by describing what something looks like, what it does, where it's located, or how it works

• text structure that explains the order in which specific events or historical information takes place

• text structure that tells how two or more things are similar or unlike

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is chronology?

• text structure that explains the order in which specific events or historical information takes place

• text structure that tells how two or more things are similar or unlike

• text structure that explains the order in which specific events or historical information takes place

• text structure that explains what happened and why it happened

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is cause and effect?

• the way an author organizes information in a text

• text structure that details a problem and then describes how it is solved

• text structure that explains what happened and why it happened

• informational parts of the text that contribute to the meaning of the text by explaining or adding new information

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is problem and solution?

• text structure that helps readers visualize a topic by describing what something looks like, what it does, where it's located, or how it works

• text structure that tells how two or more things are similar or unlike

• text structure that explains the order in which specific events or historical information takes place

• text structure that details a problem and then describes how it is solved

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is description?

• text structure that helps readers visualize a topic by describing what something looks like, what it does, where it's located, or how it works

• text structure that explains what happened and why it happened

• text structure that explains the order in which specific events or historical information takes place

• text structure that details a problem and then describes how it is solved

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is central idea?

• how or what the author is describing to us about the topic of the text

• describes who or what the text is mostly about

• the way an author organizes information in a text

• the most important thought that can be found throughout the text

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

What is topic?

• informational parts of the text that contribute to the meaning of the text by explaining or adding new information

• describes who or what the text is mostly about

• text structure that explains what happened and why it happened

• the most important thought that can be found throughout the text

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is the point?

• how or what the author is describing to us about the topic of the text

• describes who or what the text is mostly about

• the most important thought that can be found throughout the text

• the way an author organizes information in a text

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D