MAIN IDEA
The main idea is ________?
What the text is mostly abou
Informational texts tell readers ______ ______ about a subject.
true facts
A person, place, or thing
Who the story is about
characters
The three reasons an author writes a text are to _________, _________, __________
Persuade, inform, entertain
A key detail is ________?
A fact that supports the main idea
Special parts of a text that help you locate facts and details are called ________.
text features
This describes a noun
Adjective
the setting is the ___________ and __________
the TIME and PLACE
the cause in a story is _________
WHY something happened
What is the main idea?
MONKEYS, TOUCANS, BUTTERFLIES, AND ANTEATERS LIVE IN THE RAINFOREST ALONG WITH MANY DIFFERENT FLOWERS AND FISH.
The rainforest is home to many creatures
This text feature tells what the whole passage is about.
Title
A posessive noun shows ________
Ownership
This happens at the end of a story
The problem is solved
the sequence of events tell us ___________
the order in which the events took place
What is the main idea?
BATS ARE KNOWN FOR FLYING AROUND AT NIGHT AND SLEEPING DURING THE DAY. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF BATS SLEEPING UPSIDE DOWN IN CAVES. BATS HAVE OTHER DAYTIME RESTING PLACES, TOO. THEY SLEEP IN TREES, IN OLD BUILDINGS, AND EVEN UNDER BRIDGES. MORE THAN A MILLION BATS SLEEP UNDER ONE BRIDGE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. THIS COLONY, OR GROUP, CONTAINS ABOUT AS MANY BATS AS THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CITY!
Bats sleep in many different places during the day.
This text feature gives extra information about the main text.
Sidebar
FANBOYS is an example of __________ _________
coordinating conjunctions
The characters work to solve the problem in the ___________ of the story
middle
A "paragraph" in a poem is called a _________
stanza
The "main idea" could also be called _________?
the central message
This text feature tells you all of the pages where you can find a word.
Index
When you combine two simple sentences using a conjunction, it is now called a _______ ___________.
compound sentence
This happens at the beginning of the story
Characters, setting, and the problem are introduced
Using what you know and what you have read is called an ___________
Inference