Informational Text
What is informational text?
Gives factual information about a topic.
What are characteristics of poetry?
Simile, Metaphor, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Hyperbole, Idioms
What does curious mean?
What is 1 type of text structure?
Can be: Compare and contrast, Chronological, Cause and effect, problem and solution, description.
What are some text features?
Title, headlines, bold words, graphic images
When does historical fiction take place?
In the past, historical time period.
What is an idiom?
A phrase that does not make sense unless you have heard it before.
What is an adventure?
An unusual, exciting, risky experience on a journey.
What does compare and contrast mean?
Compares town or more things to show similarities.
What is the main idea?
The most important ideas about a topic.
What is historical fiction?
Tells made up stories based on real people, places, or events from the past.
What is a metaphor?
Describe two things without using like or as. Saying something is something.
What does inflatable mean?
Can be filled with air.
Why something happened and what happened.
What is the meaning of details?
The most important ideas about the topic.
What does setting mean?
Where and when a story takes place.
What is a simile?
Describing two things using like or as.
What does resistible mean?
Can be withstood. Staying away from something.
What is problem and solution?
Identifies a problem or concern and suggests possible solutions.
What are example of informational text?
Newspaper, magazine articles, Textbooks, Brochure, pamphlet, factsheet.
What is the difference between historical fiction and informational text?
What is figurative language?
Language that expresses unusual, unexpected meanings.
What does logic mean?
Using facts or real information, using correct reasoning.
What is a description? What are characteristics of a description?
Describes features or traits, classifies or categorizes information. Size, shape, color.