What is the term used to describe images that show important events and it appears with a caption?
Photographs
100
What is the term used to describe the heading of a section of text, sometimes called a subtitle? It's a title that comes after the headline and usually in smaller print.
Subheading
100
The author provides the reader with a mental picture. Words like "for example" are often used. What is this type of text structure?
Description
100
What is the term to describe supporting evidence that comes from the text and it can be in the form of a direct quotation or paraphrase?
Textual evidence
100
Context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or usual word.
"Constellations, such as the Little Dipper and the Big Dipper, can be seen in the night sky."
Using the example clue, what does the word constellations in this sentence mean?
Group of stars
200
A label or brief explanation that accompanies a photograph or illustration
What is a caption?
200
What is the purpose of graphs, tables, pictures, or maps?
To help the reader visualize important information
200
The author lists items or events in chronological order or presents the reader with step-by-step directions. What is this called?
Sequence
200
When should you use a direct quotation and how do you show this?
If you want to provide exact words of an author or a speaker in your writing piece
Quotation marks " " must be used
200
What is the term that describes the point that an author is making?
Main idea
300
What is a short article placed alongside a longer article and contains additional information?
Sidebar
300
What text features can be found on the cover page of a magazine?
Headline, subheading, caption, photograph
300
What is the text feature found below a photograph called?
Caption
300
Why would someone want to paraphrase?
To restate someone else's ideas in your own words while providing proper in-text citations to acknowledge the original
300
What is the term used to describe the reason an author writes something? What are the types?
Author's purpose
To entertain, to persuade, to inform, or to describe
400
Provide an example of a headline that we read
"Malala the Powerful" or "Call of Duty"
400
What is an inference and how does a reader make one?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
400
What text feature has smaller print than a heading and describes a passage of text?
A subheading
400
What is the difference between a direct quotation and a paraphrase?
A direct quotation is an exact, word-for-word repeat of another person's statement. A paraphrase is restating in your own words another person's quote/text.
400
What are 3 synonyms and 3 antonyms for the word, "right" (adj.)?
synonyms: just, fair, moral, proper, good
antonyms: wrong, unjust, unfair
500
Why are special types of print used in writing? Give an example.
Special types of print are used to emphasize text.
For example: bold, capital letters, italics, or underlining
500
Why are diagrams useful in understanding nonfiction text?
Symbolic two or three dimensional representation of information which describes information
500
When it says "which statement is BEST" how do you choose from multiple correct answers?
You use process of elimination to pick the response that is most correct
500
How do you find text to support an inference?
Look for supporting details
500
When should bulleted lists be used? Provide an example
To show items that are not in any particular order
People would use this when recording a grocery list