Author's Purpose
When an author writes to give facts and teach something, their purpose it to ______.
Inform
The most important idea the author wants the reader to understand.
Key Idea/ Main Idea
What does a diagram help show?
How something looks or works
Notes or markings made while reading to track your thinking.
Annotations
This structure tells events in order
Sequential Order
When an author tries to convince readers to think or act a certain way, the purpose is to ______.
Persuade
A conclusion reached using text clues and background knowledge.
Inference
The idea an author wants the reader to agree with when writing an argument.
Claim
If you don’t know a word, what tool(s) can help you?
Context clues or a dictionary
This structure explains why something happened and what happened as a result.
Cause and Effect
When the author writes a story for readers to enjoy, their purpose it to ________.
Entertain
A brief restatement of the key ideas of the text in your own words.
Summary
Why does an author include a map?
To show where something is
If a question gives line numbers, what should you do?
Look back and reread that part
This structure shows similarities and differences between two things.
Advantage vs. Disadvantage/ Compare & Contrast
When the author is giving details about a specific topic, their purpose it to _______.
Describe
The arrangement or organization of ideas in the text
Organization Structure/ Text Structure
Details from the text that support an idea or inference.
Evidence
What is process of elimination?
Crossing out wrong answers to find the best one
This structure describes a challenge and gives one or more solutions.
Problem and solution
If an author is giving reasons about a topic, their purpose it to ______.
Explain
Why the author wrote the text or included a particular part.
Author's Purpose
Features such as headings, captions, bold print, or illustrations that support understanding.
Text Features
Read the sentence. Choose the best definition for the word "object."
After reviewing the evidence, the committee decided to object to the proposal.
A) a physical item you can see or touch
B) to show disagreement
C) a goal someone wants to achieve
D) something used in an experiment
B) to show disagreement
This structure lists characteristics, features, or examples of a topic.
Description