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Grammar
Text Features
Vocabulary
Supporting Details
Paragraph Types
100
The part of a sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about
What is subject
100
The name attached or given to the article
What is title
100
The main idea of a paragraph
What is topic sentence
100
Statements that can be proven
What are facts
100
Used to influence others to agree with the writer’s opinion or to take action
What is Persuasive
200
a group of words that looks like a sentence, but does is missing a subject, verb, or both
What is sentence fragment
200
The information underneath the illustration (picture, graph, chart, etc.)
What is caption
200
An article's focus or how much of a topic the writer covers in the text
What is scope
200
Details that tell why an opinion is valid or why something occurs
What are reasons
200
Used to inform or explain, often by including facts, definitions, or instructions on how to do something
What is Expository
300
Two complete sentences that are punctuated like one sentence (two separate thoughts that run into each other)
What is run-on sentence
300
Headings that signal the beginning of a new topic or section of writing
What are subheadings
300
When a paragraph has ______________ all of the details fit logically together, so the reader can see how the detaisl are connected
What is coherence
300
Specific instances that explain or support a point
What are examples
300
Used to describe a person, place, thing, or idea; often used to express ideas or thoughts or to entertain
What is Descriptive
400
The part of the sentence that tells something about the subject
What is predicate
400
Additional information set in a box alongside the main article
What are sidebars
400
This means to fully explain the main ideas
What is elaborate
400
Facts expressed in numbers
What are statistics
400
Used to tell a story or relate a sequence of events
What is Narrative
500
How would you fix a run-on sentence? (Two ways)
What is add a comma and a FANBOY or a period and a capital letter
500
Any type of tool (text feature) that a writer might use to make informational text easier to read.
What is title, heading/subheading, graph, chart, map, diagram, pictures, captions, bolded words, italics, sidebar, footnotes
500
When a paragraph has __________, all of the sentences relate to the main idea.
What is unity
500
Specific instances that explain or support a point
What are sensory details
500
The way a narrative paragraph would be organized
What is chronological