Not edited or deleted because it might be undesirable or harmful
What is uncensored?
100
A failure to work properly
What is a malfunction?
100
Evidence that is directly stated in the text is called
What is explicit evidence?
100
What readers should look for in a text to understand word meaning
What are context clues?
100
The 4 main informational text elements
What are details, events, people, and ideas
200
Falsehoods or lies
What are fabrications?
200
The part of a system that sends information or signals to other parts of the system
What is a feed?
200
Logical guesses about what is not directly stated in the text
What is an inference?
200
Two examples of figures of speech used by poets to make the reader understand something in a different way
What are similes and metaphors?
200
The 3 purposes of informational texts
What are to explain, persuade, or tell a true story?
300
Act of formally questioning a person
What is interrogation?
300
Related to nerves or the nervous system
What is neural?
300
Any word, phrase, sentence or paragraph
What is textual evidence?
300
Why do authors of informational texts use technical terms?
To educate readers
300
5 types of informational texts
What are biography, diary, interview, article, report, advertisement, letter, editorial, essay, proposal, and speech?
400
A close watch kept over something or someone in order to gather information
What is surveillance?
400
A physical reaction caused by abnormal brain activity in which a person’s body moves in an uncontrolled way
What is a seizure?
400
When you look very closely at text to gain a better understanding about something, including themes and ideas
What is analysis or analyzing?
400
Use context clues to define this word. Explain how the context clues helped you figure out the word's meaning.
insolence: Be careful. If you question the commander in the slightest way, he will perceive that to be a sign of insolence and order you to clean the toilets with a toothbrush.
insolence = disrespect
It makes sense that insolence means disrespect because the commander will punish others for showing it.
400
Authors of informational texts provide ideas, facts, and details related to mainly which 3 topics?
historical, scientific, and cultural topics
500
Volunteers who enforce the law on their own
What are vigilantes?
500
Related to the act of offering something, such as an animal, to please the gods
What is sacrificial?
500
Why is it important to examine all of the evidence?
Because not all textual evidence has weight
500
Use context clues to define this word. Explain how the context clues helped you figure out the word's meaning.
guile: The sly fox showed his guile when he tricked the sparrow into drinking from the birdbath and then smashed him with a giant log.
guile = craftiness; sneakiness; cleverness
500
How can analyzing how an author edits and arranges information be helpful to a reader?
Analyzing how an author edits and arranges information
helps the reader to understand the text.