Main Idea and porting Details Ask and Answer Questions Features of Text Informational Organization Text All Mixed Up 1 pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 5 pt 5 pt
This is the most important point the author wants you to understand about a passage.
Main idea
Pieces of information in a passage that support, or back up, the main idea.
Supporting Details
The order of events in a text.
Sequence
Organizational pattern that shows how one event causes another event to happen
Cause and Effect
This shows how one event makes another event happen.
Cause
This is the result of an event.
Effect
Elements of informational text that help readers find information.
Text Features
This tells you the name of a passage.
Title
A word or phrase that comes before a paragraph or section of a passage.
Heading
What is it called when a word is darker than the rest of the words?
Bold print
Sentences that tell the main idea of a passage or paragraph. They usually come first in a paragraph.
Topic Sentence
This lets you move around to different Web sites or different sections of a Web site.
Electronic Menu
These are the words you type into a search engine’s search window.
Key word
A word or phrase that you can click to jump to a new document, Web site, or section.
Hyperlink
This is a picture or symbol that you can click on.
Icon
This is an area of study.
Subject
This is a list of words and their meanings.
Glossary
This is to tell how things are similar/different.
Compare/Contrast
This is a book filled with nothing but definitions.
Dictionary
Words that are spelled the same but said differently. They also have different meanings.
Homograph
Words that have similar meanings.
Synonyms
Words that have opposite meanings.
Antonym
This is the study of how people choose to use resources.
Economics
These are items that people buy or sell. Such as a book, car, or computer.
Goods
This is work done for other people for a fee. Ex: Doctors, Teachers, Chefs
Services