WorksheetsInformative Writing Vocabulary
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
A statement of truth that confirms your ideas, like a statistic, fact, quotation from a source, or other supporting example.
Cohesion
Evidence
Clarity
Bias
An explanation you provide to the readers that convinces them that your ideas make sense
Reason/Reasoning
Background/Prior knowledge
Imagery/Sensory language
Quote/Quotation
The foundation of your essay; it is the central idea that the rest of the essay will develop with evidence and reasoning.
Style
Thesis
Transition
Relevant
An inference is BEST defined as...
A wild guess
A random guess
An educated guess
Text Evidence
A main idea is...
OPINION BASED evidence
The main point or most important idea that the writer is communicating
The key points, examples, evidence to support or elaborate on the main idea.
A summary of a text that only includes factual information.
Supporting Details are...
OPINION BASED evidence
The main point or most important idea that the writer is communicating
The key points, examples, evidence to support or elaborate on the main idea.
A summary of a text that only includes factual information.
Choose the best definition for EXPLICIT.
Clearly stated leaving no room for doubt.
Highly inappropriate.
Clues and information for a reader.
Understood, but not clearly stated or put into words.
A claim is ______________________________.
examples, data, facts, and information.
a fact.
a debatable statement or opinion that can be supported with evidence.
an answer to a question.
Text Structures can best be defined as...
the organizational structures within a paragraph or longer text
unique features that help the reader understand the content of a text
a type of writing that consists of story elements such as characters, setting, conflict/resolution, and plot.
words or phrases embedded in texts which help to indicate the organizational features of the text
Which text structure describes something in time order?
Description
Cause and Effect
Chronological Order/Sequence
Compare and Contrast
Which text structure might use words like SIMILAR, DIFFERENT, BOTH, COMMON, SHARE, UNLIKE
Chronological Order
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Compare and Contrast
When the author explains why something happens or explains the effects of something, what text structure are they using?
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Chronological Order
Description
What text structure might these books be written in?
Sequence
Description
Compare and Contrast
Problem and Solution
