Craft and Structure in Informational Text

Which of the phrases from the passage best helps the reader understand the meaning of dismantled

• "sold for scrap metal"

• "knock the huge wheel off"

• "used several more times"

• "closed in October"

Which sentence best describes a difference in the way information is provided in the two texts?

• Only "The Ferris Wheel" explains the reasons the Ferris Wheel was built.

• Only "Ferris's Grand Idea" includes details based on facts and historical research.

• Only "Ferris's Grand Idea" describes what people experienced while riding on the Ferris Wheel.

• Only "The Ferris Wheel" tells how popular the first Ferris Wheel was with people who attended that World's Fair.

_______________ is/are the framework of informational texts.

• Text structure

• Thoughts and ideas

• Paragraphs

• Punctuation

Writers _______ their texts to accomplish particular goals.

• illustrate

• analyze

• dictate

• craft

The organizational patter chosen to convey the central ideas of an informational text, such as cause & effect, compare & contrast, chronological order, etc.

(a)  

• Text Structure

• Narrative Style

• Word Choice

• Argumentation

An author uses different text structures in informational writing to organize it in a way that makes sense to the reader.

• True

• False

What text feature has list of bold print words along with their definitions? (a)  

• photograph

• glossary

• index

• heading

________ is how the author organizes the text.

• Author's purpose

• Text feature

• Main idea

• Text structure

How the author writes the text is called...

• craft

• purpose

• summary

• main idea

captions, photographs, maps, and headings are examples of...

• informational

• main idea and supporting details

• text structures

• text features