Informational Reading

When you read to gain information, look for the __________. That is the most important idea of a passage, or what the passage is mainly about.

• summarizing

• main idea

• inference

• supporting details

Then look for __________ that support, or back up, the main idea.

• details

• main idea

• inference

• summarizing

When you __________, you tell the key ideas and leave out the ideas that are not as important.

• main idea

• details

• summarize

• none of these

A ___________ give facts or information about the physical world.

• historical text

• scientific text

• technical text

• none of these

A __________ often gives directions or other specific information.

• historical text

• scientific text

• technical text

• none of these

Writers do not always fill in every detail -- they expect the readers to apply their own ideas to help them understand a text. You often need to make _________ when you read.

• summaries

• main ideas

• supporting details

• inferences

You can use __________ to figure out what a word means. Look at the words before and after the unfamiliar word.

• context clues

• summaries

• main ideas

• inferences

You will find chronological connections that show the __________, or order of events.

• cause

• effect

• main idea

• sequence

To identify a _________ , ask yourself, "What is causing the trouble?"

• main idea

• inference

• problem

• solution

What is the purpose of the author including supporting details in a nonfiction text?

• They help provide more information about the central idea(s) of a text.

• They give the reader more knowledge about the topic of the text.

• They help the reader identify the central idea(s) of a text.

• All of the above