Text Features
Vocabulary
Analyze
Informational Texts
Commonly misused words
100
Using text features helps the reader __________ the text better.
comprehend/understand
100

What improves or adds to the quality or function of something?

What is enhancement 

100

What is a difference between inert prostheses and and new digital interface prostheses?

Inert prostheses replaced limbs but could not actively move and interact with the body like a real limb, whereas the new digital prostheses work with the nervous system to function as part of the body. 

100
What is the author's purpose of informational texts?
The inform the reader by giving true facts.
100

I did not want to lose/loose my bracelet. 

lose

200
What is the purpose of subheadings?
To let the reader know that a new topic is starting.
200

These are artificial devices that replace injured or missing body parts?

What is prostheses 

200

The author poses a question and then tell the reader what he/she ought to do.

What is question-and call to action organization

200

This is when you are judging an author's work.

What is evaluate

200

Voting can affect/effect change.

effect

300
Name three examples of text features.
title/headings, bold words, italic words, underlined words, table of contents, glossary, index, captions, sidebars, photographs, captions, timelines, maps, charts, graphs, or diagrams
300

You have to use your background knowledge and context clues.

What is to make an inference

300

The purpose is to present factual information

What is an informational text

300

You have to state the main idea and key details in your own words. 

What is summarizing 

300

I had to lie/lay down because I felt dizzy. 

lie

400
What do the bold or underlined words/phrases mean?
They let the reader know important vocabulary words or phrases in order to understand the text.
400

To place a device inside the body through surgery

What is implant
400

These can help you make predictions or draw conclusions about the text's main ideas and organizational pattern by making them visual.

What are text features

400

True or False: Everyone will be able to afford advanced prostheses. 

False

400

The teacher directed us to the corner when the whether/weather got bad.  

Weather 
500

Authors often hint at the main idea through me.

What is title 

500

The most important idea about a topic in each paragraph or section

What is main idea

500

They provide more information about the main idea.

What are supporting details

500
What are three examples of informational texts in the real world? (Books do not count)
Examples: newspaper articles, menus, recipes, instructions/directions, ads, catalogs
500

They are going over to they're/their grandparents' house, so that they can go swimming too/to.

Their and Too

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