Informative Mediums
Text Features
Text Structures
Author's Purpose
Miscellaneous
200
Includes a cover, title page, copyright page, page numbers, can be held, and often has chapters.
What is a book?
200
Small print found under a picture.
What is a caption?
200
Describes the similarities and differences between two items.
What is compare and contrast?
200
The author tries to convince the reader to do something or to agree with him or her
What is persuade?
200
This term, we have been learning about this type of non-fiction text.
What is informational text?
400
Can be found on television and includes anchors. This medium may also contain weather segments.
What is the news?
400
What is a timeline?
400
Going into detail.
What is description?
400
The author writes something for the reader's enjoyment.
What is entertain?
400
This is the place where Mrs. Weber does most of her shopping.
What is Amazon?
600
People fear this medium is becoming obsolete with the high use of computers. These are delivered to the doorstep of customers.
What is a newspaper?
600
What is a diagram?
600
Ordered events.
What is sequence or chronological?
600
The author gives directions on how to do something or tells the steps in a process.
What is explain?
600
Each grading cycle, to avoid late points in ELA, turn work in before this.
What is the end of the progress report?
800
This medium contains feature stories where people compete to appear on the cover. Multiple authors and contributors make it and customers can subscribe to receive it.
What is a magazine?
800
Alphabetical list of names, places, etc. with references to places where they occur, typically found at the end of the book.
What is index?
800
The intended action and the resulting consequence.
What is cause and effect?
800
The author uses descriptive words (often invoking the 5 senses) and many details to tell about a topic.
What is describe?
800
The first name of your grade level principal.
What is Danielle?
1000
Televised, in-depth, feature news story or subject matter. Provides a factual record or report. These can be short in length or hours long.
What is a documentary?
1000
A short introduction to a book, typically by a person other than the author.
What is a foreword?
1000
An issue and the resulting fix.
What is problem and solution?
1000
The author gives true, factual information about a topic.
What is inform?
1000
The type of test you are going to take. It allows you to replace your previous test grade with the new test grade.
What is progressive?