Informational Text Vocab

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Controlling idea

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The main point of a piece of writing.

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Credibility

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The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics, influenced by expertise, unbiased reasoning, evidence, and current information.

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Graphic feature

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Picture or other image within a text.

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Informational text

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A text that presents information to explain, clarify, and/or educate.

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Key ideas

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Important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

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Paraphrase

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Restate the meaning of something in different words without evaluation or interpretation.

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Primary Source

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A source from the time an event occurred, created by someone present at the event.

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Research Plan

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A timeline created around the research process.

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Secondary Source

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A source that is a step removed from the original accounts of an event or experience.

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Text structure

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The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text.