MAIN IDEA
The main idea is __________?
WHAT THE TEXT IS MOSTLY ABOUT
Informational texts tell readers ______ _________ about a subject
TRUE FACTS
A person, place, or thing
NOUN
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
This text feature tells what the whole passage is about
TITLE
This describes a noun
ADJECTIVE
The setting is the ____________ and ___________ the story happens
the TIME and PLACE
The cause in a story is ____________
WHY SOMETHING HAPPENED
What is the main idea of the following?
Monkeys, toucans, butterflies, and anteaters live in the rainforest along with many different flowers and fish.
THE RAINFOREST IS HOME TO MANY CREATURES
Special parts of a text that help you locate facts and details are called _____________
TEXT FEATURES
OWNERSHIP
This happens in the end of most stories
THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED
The sequence of events tells us
THE ORDER IN WHICH THE EVENTS TOOK PLACE
What is the main idea of this excerpt?
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 more information about the text on that page.
SIDEBAR
FANBOYS is an example of _________ _________
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
What happens in the middle of the story?
THE CHARACTERS WORK TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
INFERENCE
This is another name for the "main idea"
THE CENTRAL MESSAGE
This text feature tells you all of the pages you can find a word
INDEX
When you combine two simple sentences, it is now called a __________ ____________
COMPOUND SENTENCE
This happens in the beginning of the story
CHARACTERS, SETTING, AND THE PROBLEM ARE INTRODUCED
A "paragraph" in a poem is called a ____________
STANZA