Informational Text Terms Prior Knowledge Quiz

Central Idea

• The message or messages an author is trying to convey to the reader in an informational text.

• When a writer or speaker exhibits a partiality for - or prejudice against - a person, a topic, or an idea.

• The main character's inner thoughts.

Supporting Details

• Topic sentence.

• To condense a section of text or an entire text to its most important ideas and information; summarizing leads to analysis.

• Information such as facts, definitions, or quotes that are used to explain, describe, develop, or emphasize a central idea within a text.

• The order or structure of words and phrases within a sentence.

Central Idea

• Logical and well-organized; able to talk or express yourself in a clear way that can be easily understood.

• The message or messages an author is trying to convey to the reader in an informational text.

• The foundation of an argument.

Implied Central Idea

• A central idea that is implied by details and information but not directly stated in the text.

• A central idea that is directly stated by the author of the text

What is the central idea of the passage?

• The central idea of the passage is that prisons need more money for Covid19 testing.

• The central idea of the passage is that detainees are being tested and monitored for their safety and that of the community.

• The central idea of the passage is that the rural community does not trust the detention center to keep them safe.

• The central idea of the passage is that detention centers pose a risk to rural communities.

a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate

• thesis

• informational text

• newspaper

• narrative text

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

• thesis

• controlling idea

• text structure

• key ideas

to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute these ideas to the original source.

• paraphrase

• summarize

• key ideas

• controlling idea

restate the meaning of something in different words; it alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation

• summarize

• key ideas

• paraphrase

• controlling idea

Central Idea

• Topic + What the author says about the topic.

• Main Idea

• Thesis

• Conclusion