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Author's Purpose
Main Idea and Detail
Text Structure
Text Feature
Summarizing
100

the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something

What is persuade?

100

The one or two words the passage is about.

What is the topic?

100

the author provides several details of something to give the reader a mental picture

What is description?

100

a list of the contents of a book and the page numbers where they can be found (in order of occurrence in the book), found in the front of a book

What is a table of contents?

100

clearly stating in your own words the ideas of the text

What is paraphrasing?

200
the author wants to give you information
What is inform?
200

The sentence where the author states the topic.

What is the topic sentence?

200

the author discusses similarities and differences between people, things, concepts, or ideas

What is compare and contrast?

200

words or phrases are written in different styles to draw attention to and emphasize the importance of; includes bold, italics, and highlighting

What are font styles?

200

 short statement or paragraph that tells what something is about but does not include irrelevant details or your opinions

What is an objective summary?

300
the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing
What is entertain?
300

A statement that tells what the passage is mainly about. May be directly stated or inferred.

What is central/main idea?

300

the author provides readers with chronological events or a list of steps in a procedure

What is order and sequence?

300
an illustration or photo that includes labels that name the parts that make up the object
What is diagram?
300

If there are three (3) points in the thesis statement of an article how many paragraphs are in the body of the article?

What is three (3) paragraphs?

400
the author wants to tell you how to do something or how something works
What is explain?
400

More narrow ideas, examples or evidence.

What are details?

400
the author gives information about a problem and explains one or more solutions
What is problem and solution?
400
an alphabetical listing of important terms and definitions found in the back of a book
What is a glossary?
400
Where should you look before reading an informational text to get an idea about the article's topic and main idea?

What is the title, subheadings, bold words, pictures, and captions?

500
the author wants you to visualize or experience a person, place, or thing
What is describe?
500

Sentences meant to move the reader from one idea to another

What are transitional sentences?

500
the author describes an event or several events and the events that follow
What is cause and effect?
500
Titles that distinguish different sections to organize topics and ideas
What are headings and subheadings?
500

Underlining, color-coding, numbering paragraphs, defining unfamiliar words,  or making any notes in a reading.

What is annotation?