Informational and Argumentative Texts Review

What is an informational text?

• a text that provides information based on facts.

• a text that shows the author's opinion on a topic,

• a nonfiction text that tells a story with characters.

• a text with lines, characters, and stage directions.

A ​ (a)   is a short statement that introduces the main idea of a text.

• thesis
• key idea
• summary
• detail

Key ideas are-

• small details that help the reader visualize the text.

• the main idea

• the most important ideas that support the thesis

• statments that introduce the main idea of the text.

The pattern an author uses to organize their ideas text

• thesis

• introduction, body, conclusion

• text features

• text structure

A summary should include-

• restatement of the thesis.

• the most important details.

• the title of the text

• your opinion on the text.

paraphrasing is when you-

• rewrite an idea in your own words.

• use text evidence.

• share your opinon of an idea.

• summarize the whole text.

Synthesizing is when you-

Where can you usually find the thesis?

• At the end of a text.

• In a body paragraph.

• At the end of the first paragraph.

• At the very beginning of the first paragraph.

When writing an introduction, you should-

• Write the title of text.

• Write a short summary of the text.

• Write a detailed summary of the entire text.

• Include a thesis statment.

"compared to" "both" and "on the other hand" are key words in which text structure?

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution