Informational Text Review

What are the ideas that explain or examples to prove the author's point called?

• Main idea

• Supporting detail

• Topic Sentence

What is the main idea of the following passage: Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have nine thousand taste buds just on our tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of our mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.

• Where the taste buds are found

• Not everyone’s family is the same

• The sun gives heat

• It is easy to spot the large mouth bass

What is the most important point the author is trying to make called?

• Main idea

• Supporting detail

• Topic Sentence

Which of the following is a supporting detail for the following main idea: There are many different ways to be successful in school.

• The library is a place at school to read and use whisper voices.

• Mrs. Adams is our school principal.

• Reading for at least 15 minutes every night improves your vocabulary.

• None of the above

Which type of text structure matches the following picture?

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

• Description

• Problem and solution

Which type of text structure matches the following picture?

• Description

• Compare and contrast

• Sequence of events

• Cause and effect

Which type of text structure would you find in a book with the title below?

Everything that You Need to Know About Soccer

• Sequence of events

• Description

• Cause and effect

• None of the above

What is the main idea of the following passage? "Ancient people used nature to make some very interesting and useful clocks. The first ancient clocks were sundials. They used shadows to tell time. However, they didn’t work at night or on rainy days. So, people started to use water clocks. Water clocks were containers that let water drip out. As the water level got lower, marks on the containers showed the time."

• Ancient buildings were often used to tell time

• The position of the sun and its shadow told the time

• Ancient people in West Asia could not tell time at night

• Ancient people used sundials and water clocks to tell time.

What is the main idea of the following passage? "Salt is used to improve the taste of food and to preserve it. It is also an important part of our diet. If a diet is low in salt, the systems in our bodies do not function properly. Our bodies and minds need salt to work well. However, a diet that is high in salt can cause high blood pressure. This can lead to heart problems. Therefore, it is wise to pay attention to the amount of salt in your diet in order for you to stay healthy."

• People should stop eating salt.

• Salt can preserve food better than a refrigerator.

• Salt is necessary, but too much can cause problems.

• High blood pressure is a reason for heart problems.

Which of the following is a supporting detail for the following main idea: The United States has many beautiful national parks.

• Yosemite is visited by 2 million people a year.

• People travel to the beach during warm times of the year.

• There are many types of beautiful flowers in the United States.

• None of the above