INFORMATIONAL
TEXT
TEXT
What is author's purpose?
A comparison of two unrelated things using like or as.
What is a simile?
A literary text is.
What is fiction?
Prefixes and suffixes can be added to these to create new word with a different meaning.
What is a root word?
When reading a fiction text, the moral or lesson from the text should you write down on your white paper.
What is the theme?
The thing that an author of the informational text is writing about.
What is the main topic?
Words that replicate a sound like buzz or quack
What is onomatopoeia?
The process the author uses to define a character.
What is characterization?
The best way to determine the meaning of a word in a multiple choice question.
Replace each choice in the text to determine which word makes the most sense.
The three best places to find the central idea.
WHAT IS THE TITLE, INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION?
The repetition of the beginning sounds of words in a line of poetry or story.
What is alliteration?
Knowing this about a text helps you understand where to find specific pieces of information.
What is text structure?
We determine this by the author's word choices and which help us understand their point of view.
What is connotation?
The clues you use to determine the meaning of unknown words.
What are context clues?
The key points of an information text.
What is a summary?
"The trees whispered to the flowers below..." is an example of this figurative language technique
What is personification?
Examples include horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction.
What is genre?
This is a story told by a character or narrator in a text.
What is an anecdote?
The perspective of the author about the main topic of a text.
What is Point of View?
The information you use to support your answer.
What is text evidence?
Figurative language does this.
What is highlights an important element of the text?
The theme of a literary text is said to have a message that applies to all people and all time and is known as...
What is universal?
The parts of a text used to determine the main ideas of a text including the title, captions, and sub headers.
What are text features?
The details from the text that support a claim.
What is evidence?