Informational Reading Concepts

Why do informational stories include pictures?

• To help make the story more interesting.

• To give readers a break from reading.

• To help readers understand difficult concepts.

• To give readers something to look at.

Where would you typically find a footnote? (Choose all that apply)

• Top of the page

• Middle of the page

• Bottom of the page

• Side of the page

You are doing a report on Abraham Lincoln and have a book about great presidents. Where should you look first to find where information about him is located?

• Caption

• Footnote

• Index

• Glossary

the author's intention for his/her writing: to persuade, inform, explain, or entertain.

• Compare and Contrast

• Author's Purpose

• Objective Summary

• Cause and Effect

when an author holds a strong opinion or belief about his/her topic; statements that favor one opinion or idea over another, sometimes creating an unsound or unfair argument by the author.

• Bias

• Dialogue

• Textual Features

• Relevant

an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions.

• Problem and Solution

• Objective Summary

• Propel the Action

• Technical Meaning

when the facts, details, or other information within a text are related to the topic; information which helps support the author's opinion, claim, and reasoning.

• Relevant

• Structure

• Incident

• Dialogue

a reasonable conclusion reached that is based on evidence found in the text.

• Counterclaim

• Incident

• Inference

• Cause and Effect

the main argument made by an author; supported by reasons and evidence.

• Sound

• Claim

• Denotation

• Connotation

a specific meaning or idea that a word/concept brings to mind.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Counterclaim

• Cause and Effect