Informational Text Passage

Which of the following statements is true about SUMMARIZING?

• A summary should include many story details.

• A summary is always found in the first sentence of a paragraph or chapter.

• A summary should always be fiction.

• A summary is what the passage is mostly about.

Which best describes what a summary is?

• The main or most important idea of the text

• A really long detailed piece of writing

• A dumb thing teachers make you write

• The entire text in your own words

What is the first step to summarizing a passage?

• Carefully reading through and understanding the passage so you can make a better summary.

• Put the first important thing you see down without even reading the passage.

What is the purpose of an informative writing?

• To convince readers to take your point of view

• To entertain the readers

• To educate readers on a certain topic

• To narrate a story

What is not TRUE about an informative text?

• A type of writing that provides facts and ideas.

• A type of writing that explains or conveys information.

• A type of writing that answers the five W's and one H

• A type of writing that expresses opinion or try to convince others.

A key detail is...

• A life lesson that the author is trying to communicate to us.

• An important point in the text that can help us find the main idea

• Reveals the main characters in the story.

• Is the main point the author is trying to make about the topic.

passages that explain or inform.

• Compare and Contrast

• Denotation

• Literary Texts

• Informational Texts

Find the central idea.

Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business

• Being a clown isn't all fun and games.

• Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

• Rodeos are exciting.

• Clowns are good at riding bulls.

What does the author want you to learn about the passage?

• We can taste only sweet things.

• We taste through our nose.

• Taste buds are found in different places.

What is the purpose of an informational text?

• To inform the reader about a specific topic.

• Allow readers to find key information.

• Allow readers to understand the main topic.

• All the above