a book that someone writes about his or her own life
What is an autobiography?
100
the specific way a writer presents information to the readers
What is the organizational pattern?
100
to make people laugh
What is entertain?
100
Captions, Headings and Charts
What are Text Features?
100
the message the author is trying to convey to the readers
What is main idea?
200
a newspaper or magazine that is distributed monthly, weekly, or daily
What are periodicals?
200
To tell the similarities and differences. You can use a venn diagram for a visual representation (graphic organizer)
What is compare and contrast?
200
Convincing the reader to do something.
For example, an essay that talks in favor of wearing uniforms in school.
What is to persuade?
200
Found in the back of a book
What is the Index?
200
They come after the topic sentence, making up the body of a paragraph. They give details to develop and support the main idea of the paragraph. You should give supporting facts, details, and examples.
What is supporting details?
300
a book a person writes about a particular time in his or her life; it does NOT cover from birth to death
What is a memoir?
300
Something happens and as a result, something else happens.
What is cause and effect/problem and solution?
300
The purpose of an autobiography
What is to entertain/inform?
300
Found in a text book, contains definitions
What is the Glossary?
300
Prior Knowledge + Clues in Text
What is making an inference?
400
a short nonfiction work about a particular topic; it looks at one subject in a limited way
What is an essay?
400
In 1994, this happened. In 1995, that happened.
What is chronological order/sequence order/time order?
400
The purpose of a research paper
What is to inform/explain?
400
Authors use this to point attention of an important word.t.
What is Bold/italic?
400
A book, article, or other media that was produced by people who were there first hand.
What is primary source?
500
a writing or speech that explains or informs something
What is expository writing?
500
Writing about and describing a number of things.
What is description/list?
500
An example is expository writing.
What is to explain or inform?
500
A graph is an example of this text feature
What is a graphic?
500
A resource that was written by people who read about an even and are now reporting on it.