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Analyzing Informational Text

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the author's purpose for writing?

a)

To make us laugh

b)

To describe

c)

To compare

d)

To inform

2.

What are some of the key words to determine the text structure cause & effect?

a)

In addition

b)

Solution

c)

As well as

d)

As a result

3.

What are some of the key words to determine the text structure description?

a)

For example

b)

Consequently

c)

However

d)

Resolution

4.

Text Structure examples include:

a)

Key details

b)

Problem & solution

c)

Main idea

d)

Inference

5.

What are some of the key words to determine the text structure: chronological?

a)

However

b)

Since

c)

In addition

d)

Next, then, last

6.

Readers gain a deeper understanding of text when authors include details through:

a)

text structures

b)

Inferences

c)

examples

d)

sequence

7.

Authors text features, examples, and anecdotes to _________________________ key information.

a)

Compare

b)

Introduce

c)

Underline

d)

Distinguish

8.

Sometimes in informational text, authors use ___________________, or short stories to explain key information.

a)

Anecdotes

b)

Compare & Contrast

c)

Inferences

d)

Commas

9.

Elaborate means to add _______________ to an explanation or illustration.

a)

quote

b)

order

c)

inference

d)

more detail

10.

Authors tell us information directly without details (define).

a)

List

b)

Text Features

c)

State or identify

d)

Chronological

11.

Authors tell us information & then give us descriptions of its meaning through examples.

a)

Describe/Explain

b)

List

c)

Text Features

d)

State/Identify

12.

Graphs, charts, pictures, captions, and diagrams are examples of_____________________?

a)

Graphics

b)

Text Features

c)

Examples

d)

Quotes