Informational Vocabulary 1
Visuals ( what you see) to help the reader understand the the most important idea of the text:maps, diagrams, photographs, charts, timelines, and graphs,
What are text features?
Are specific pieces of information that you use to figure out the central idea
What are key details or details
to make you guess based on facts ( what you read in a text)
What is infer/conclude
Proof of your answer" Clues you found in the text that your answer is right"
What is evidence?
The reason why the author writes the text
What is author's purpose
To figure it our based on evidence
What is determine?
Figure out from clues from the text
What is infer or conclude
How the author built the text : description, compare and contrast, chronological order, problem and solution, cause and effect
What is text structure?
To put something in your own words. Keep most important information.
What is paraphrase?
Who the author wrote the text for ( think who would be interested in the article or story
Who is the audience
What is topic?
It is important
What is significant?
To provide the proof
What is support ?
Is the "big point " or what the text is mostly about
What is the central idea?
The genre has facts, information, written to inform, text features, topic, key details, and central idea
What is informational text?
To help towards a goal
What is contribute?
To build
To develop