Part of an informational text that gives definitions of various words from the text
What is a glossary?
100
The way the text is organized
What is organizational structure?
100
The most important idea of a selection of text
What is main idea?
100
Grouping of ideas in the forms of sentences; there are usually five of these in an essay
What is a paragraph?
100
Writing about a story; is usually fictional
What is narrative writing?
200
Part of an informational text that lists some of the subjects discussed in a text and the pages on which they can be found
What is the index?
200
Organizational structure used to organize ideas through transitional words
What is transitional?
200
Facts that helps to prove both the main idea and the supporting details
What is supporting details?
200
Sentence that tells what the paragraph is about
What is a topic sentence?
200
Informational writing
What is expository writing?
300
Part of an informational text that lists the chapters of a book and page numbers where they begin; often is a good source for identifying the main ideas of a book
What is table of contents?
300
Organizational structure used it list events in order that makes sense, usually by time?
What is logical order?
300
Helps prove the main idea (usually at the beginning of each paragraph of a multi-paragraph essay)
What is a supporting idea?
300
Sentence that summarizes the paragraph, usually found at the end
What is a concluding sentence?
300
Writing that tries to convince the reader to take a position or side
What is persuasive writing?
400
Often included in informational texts, these include charts, maps, diagrams, captions, illustrations, and graphs
What is graphic features?
400
Organizational structure used to organize information in a passage based in what happened and the results
What is cause and effect?
400
True or false? Informational texts need to have a main idea.
What is true?
400
Consists of the supporting paragraphs
What is the essay body?
400
Examples of the writing include memos, emails, friendly and business letters
What is technical writing?
500
Includes charts, maps, diagrams, captions, and illustrations
What is graphic features?
500
Organizational structure used to organize information in a passage based on similar things
What is classification schemes?
500
True or false. The main idea is usually located somewhere in the middle of the paragraph.
What is false?
500
What an essay should always start with in order to grab the reader's attention
What is a hook?
500
Five steps of the writing process
What is pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing?