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Informational Reading Wizard!

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you read to gain information, look for the __________. That is the most important idea of a passage, or what the passage is mainly about.

a)

summarizing

b)

main idea

c)

inference

d)

supporting details

2.

Then look for __________ that support, or back up, the main idea.

a)

details

b)

main idea

c)

inference

d)

summarizing

3.

When you __________, you tell the key ideas and leave out the ideas that are not as important.

a)

main idea

b)

details

c)

summarize

d)

none of these

4.

A __________ tells about people, events, or ideas of the past.

a)

historical text

b)

scientific text

c)

technical text

d)

none of these

5.

A ___________ give facts or information about the physical world.

a)

historical text

b)

scientific text

c)

technical text

d)

none of these

6.

A ___________ is the reason why something happens.

a)

summary

b)

cause

c)

effect

d)

inference

7.

An __________ happens as a result.

a)

summary

b)

cause

c)

effect

d)

inference

8.

Writers do not always fill in every detail -- they expect the readers to apply their own ideas to help them understand a text. You often need to make _________ when you read.

a)

summaries

b)

main ideas

c)

supporting details

d)

inferences

9.

You can use __________ to figure out what a word means. Look at the words before and after the unfamiliar word.

a)

context clues

b)

summaries

c)

main ideas

d)

inferences

10.

When you _________, you find ways things are alike.

a)

summarize

b)

compare

c)

contrast

d)

none of these

11.

When you ___________, you find ways things are different.

a)

summarize

b)

compare

c)

contrast

d)

none of these

12.

What genre is informational text?

a)

Fiction

b)

Non-Fiction

c)

Fantasy

d)

Fiction-Non

13.

Why do we study non-fiction text structure?

a)

We try to understand the lesson the author has learned.

b)

To learn how to gain information from reading factual information.

c)

All stories have different characters and settings.

d)

Because teachers like to bore us.

14.

What is the author's purpose for informational text?

a)

to explain

b)

to inform

c)

to teach

d)

all of the above

15.

What does immigration mean?

a)

to be scared

b)

a very hungry hippo

c)

to become the president

d)

to come to a country from another country

16.

What does community mean?

a)

co-workers

b)

a group of people living in the same area or sharing a similar interest

c)

to go on a hike

d)

a best friendship

17.

What does population mean?

a)

to be popular

b)

to be a popstar

c)

to grow into a pinapple

d)

the amount of people living in an area