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Informational Text Review
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Test your knowledge and enhance your understanding of informational texts
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1
True or False: Informational texts are always fiction.
False
True
2
There are many methods of persuasion. What is one example?
Using strong words to appeal to the readers' emotions
Using the 5 senses in their writing
Having the reader experience what the author is talking about
Stating why the readers ideas are not correct
3
What structure shows similarities and differences?
Sequential
Descriptive
Compare and contrast
Chronological
4
What is a claim?
supporting details
main idea
summary
examples
5
What feature organizes main ideas?
Headings
Glossary
Appendix
Footnotes
6
What structure is used for timelines?
Chronological
Descriptive
Compare and contrast
Problem and solution
7
What is the purpose of a graphic feature?
make it so you don't have to read
present information in a visual way
turn a textbook into a comic
present information in an auditory way
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What is the main purpose of informational texts?
To inform
To confuse
To persuade
To entertain
9
Which structure provides detailed descriptions?
Compare and contrast
Chronological
Descriptive
Sequential
10
What is one type of article?
biography
short story
poem
chapter book
11
Captions explain images.
False
True
12
What feature highlights key terms?
Footnotes
Appendix
Bold text
Index
13
What is the purpose of persuasive texts?
to inform about a historical event or person
to give information on a certain topic, person, or place
to give scientific facts about a topic
to convince the reader to agree with a certain viewpoint
14
What is the difference between a firsthand account and a secondhand account?
A firsthand account was written by a man
A firsthand is from someone who lived through the event
Firsthand are based on the observations of one person
A firsthand account is by the first person who wrote about an event
15
Which structure explains reasons for an event?
Cause and effect
Descriptive
Problem and solution
Sequential
16
Which feature explains difficult terms?
Index
Glossary
Appendix
Table of Contents
17
What is a key element of informational texts?
Narrative style
Emotional appeal
Facts and data
Imaginary scenarios
18
Biographies are nonfiction, right?
False
True
19
Footnotes provide extra details.
True
False
20
What is a heading
tells what a section of an article is about. They help organize the article
separate section of text that relates to the main idea
appears below or above a photograph or graphic
summarize a lot of information
21
What is text structure?
what type of genre it is
the way the author thinks about the world
the type of main ideas included
how a text is organized
22
Charts help compare data.
True
False
23
What is a common feature of informational texts?
Fictional characters
Poetic language
Narrative style
Text features
24
What are domain-specific vocabulary?
Random vocabulary words authors use to confuse you
words that have precise meaning for the domain (area of study)
arrows or connecting lines to show steps in a process
words in a glossary
25
Which genre is factual?
Sci-fi
Fantasy
Fiction
Nonfiction
26
What does organizing an article by sequence mean?
organizing it by dates
organizing it by color
organizing it by similarities and differences
organizing it by characters
27
What feature summarizes the text?
Footnotes
Introduction
Conclusion
Body
28
Why is evidence important in a historical text?
It makes the fiction writing more believable
It tells you facts
you begin to understand what life was like at that certain time
It gives the authors opinion
29
Which structure lists steps in order?
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
Chronological
Problem and solution
30
Informational Text have which of the following?
Plot and Dates
main ideas and conflict
Characters and setting
main ideas and evidence
