IR S2 Exam Review

What term describes an author's specific viewpoint or attitude towards the text's topic?

• Text structure

• Informational text

• Author's perspective

• Key details

What is the term for the way a text is organized or how information in a text is presented to the reader?

• Text features

• Text structure

• Main/central idea

• Support

What term refers to things in a text like maps, charts, graphs, headings, and margin information that provide additional clues about the topic you are reading?

• Text features

• Key details

• Informational text

• Making inferences

What skill is used to make conclusions when reading by using information in a text combined with thinking and reasoning?

• Support

• Text structure

• Making inferences

• Author's perspective

What type of text tells true information about someone or something?

• Key details

• Informational text

• Main/central idea

• Text features

What term refers to the information a writer provides to back up their claim?

• Support

• Text structure

• Author's perspective

• Key details

What term describes specific information in a text that supports the main/central idea of that text?

• Text features

• Informational text

• Key details

• Making inferences

What term refers to the topic of an informational text or a portion of an informational text?

• Main/central idea

• Text structure

• Support

• Author's perspective

What is an inference?

• A direct statement from the text.

• A guess based on evidence and previous knowledge.

• A summary of the text.

• A question about the text.

What is the name of an article, book, or other literary work or document?

• Heading

• Graph

• Title

• Glossary