Informational Texts

The central idea of a piece of writing

• main idea

• analysis

• theme

• text structure

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• unfair opinion

• bias

• fallacy

• research

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

• detail

• commentary

• paraphrasing

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Organizational patterns used by authors to

develop their ideas (sequence of events,

compare and contrast, description of a topic,

cause and effect, problem and solution, topic and

example)

• text structures

• text features

• analysis

• text editing

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Information that may not be written in the text like

charts, graphs, maps, etc.

• text structures

• text features

• details

• extras

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Express the meaning of the writer or something written using different words than they used.

• summary

• paraphrase

• quoting

• verbatim

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A report of the exact words of an author or

speaker.

• quoting

• paraphrasing

• translating

• detailing

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

An assembly of spectators; a group of people

who participate in a show or encounter a work of

art, literature (in which they are called “readers”),

theatre, or music.

• spectors

• bards

• fans

• audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Detailed examination of the elements or

structure of something, typically as a

basis for discussion or interpretation.

• discussion

• simile

• analysis

• consideration

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the vantage point from which the story is told.

• detail

• opinion

• bias

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3