Informational Texts
A solider writes a letter to his family during the Civil War. What type of source is this?
What is a primary source?
This type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.
What is a simile?
In this sentence, what does “devour” mean?
“He was so hungry, he began to devour his sandwich.”
What is to eat very quickly?
The problem that a character faces in a story.
What is conflict?
This type of source is a book of facts and summaries about various topics
What is encyclopedia?
If an article has a timeline and explains something in time order, what kind of text structure is it using?
What is chronological order?
What type of figurative language is used in the following example?
The flowers danced beautifully in the wind.
What is personification?
“Unlike his gregarious sister, who loved parties, Max was introverted and quiet.”
What does gregarious mean?
What is talkative or social?
The lesson or moral in a story.
What is theme?
This source gives step by step instructions to learn how to do something.
What is a guide?
What text feature helps you find the meaning of a bold or unfamiliar word in a text?
What is a glossary?
I'm so hungry, I could eat a hippopotamus.
What is hyperbole?
“Jake felt elated when he saw his grades, unlike the last time when he was miserable and depressed.”
What does elated mean?
What is excited or very pleased?
What’s the difference between first-person and third-person limited point of view?
What is first-person uses “I” and tells the story from one character’s perspective, while third-person tells the story about a character using “he” or “she”.
This type of source would best be used to learn more about a person firsthand by asking questions.
What is an interview?
In a science article, the author explains how pollution is causing ocean animals to die at rapid speeds. What type of text structure is being used?
What is cause and effect?
“Boom! Crash! Bang!”
What is the figurative language being used?
What is onomatopoeia?
The girl was meticulous about her work, carefully checking each detail.”
What does meticulous mean?
What is very careful or precise?
The sequence of events in a story that includes the beginning, middle, and end.
What is the plot?
What is a documentary?
Jessie is reading an informational text with several photographs. What text feature could she use to determine what is going on in the photographs?
What is a caption?
“She sells seashells by the seashore.”
What kind of figurative language is this?
What is alliteration?
Please be punctual to the meeting! If you're late, we won't be able to start without you.
What does punctual mean?
What is on time?
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Nancy does not like talking to people. She never wants to do group work and she gets nervous when people talk to her.
What character trait describes her?
What is antisocial?
Sources must be both of these things for a researcher to use them.