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Q 1/50
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writing/speech that contains true information (NOT fake)
30
nonfiction
Q 2/50
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informational text, written primarily to inform or describe factual information
30
expository text
50 questions
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writing/speech that contains true information (NOT fake)
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30 sec
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informational text, written primarily to inform or describe factual information
2
30 sec
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the story of a person's life written by himself or herself
3
30 sec
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the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the work
4
30 sec
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the author's way of organizing a text (description/classification, compare contrast, problem solution, cause effect, sequence/chronological order)
5
30 sec
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information provided in the form a list (could be listed by numbers, bullets, or dashes)
6
30 sec
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information is organized by following a clear order, usually chronological (in order of time)
7
30 sec
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information is organized in the form of questions with answers; interviews often use this structure
8
30 sec
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information is organized by identifying similarities and differences
9
30 sec
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information is organized by identifying things that made an event or process happen and/or the results of that event or process
10
30 sec
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information is organized by presenting a challenge or issue being faced and possible responses to deal with the challenge
11
30 sec
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information is organized by presenting a description
12
30 sec
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to take learned information to create a new thought of your own (the why it matters part of guided reading)
13
30 sec
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a reasonable conclusion drawn from information in the text and prior knowledge; an educated guess based on the text
14
30 sec
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information taken from the text that supports a reader's conclusions about what an author means or intends
15
30 sec
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to capture all the most important parts of the original text but express them in a much shorter space
16
30 sec
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the broad general subject, theme, or message
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30 sec
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the author's central thought
18
30 sec
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information that supports the main idea by telling more about who, what, why, where, when, how, etc.
19
30 sec
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information that is necessary to fully understand the main idea of a passage
20
30 sec
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information that is not necessary to fully understand the main idea of a passage
21
30 sec
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an illustration or photograph in a nonfiction text
22
30 sec
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Usually located on the cover or top of a nonfiction text/speech/advertisement. Gives the reader hints to what the WHOLE thing will be about
23
30 sec
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Gives the reader hints about what a chunk of paragraphs will be about
24
30 sec
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Small numbered definitions at the bottom of a text. Give the reader word meanings
25
30 sec
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A description that tells readers what or who is in an image
26
30 sec
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Important words in a nonfiction text. Their definitions can usually be found in the glossary also
27
30 sec
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In the back of a nonfiction book. Tells the reader the definition for bold or key words.
28
30 sec
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In the back of a nonfiction book. Tells the reader what page a certain word is on
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30 sec
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Information split into boxes (rows and columns). Can be numbers or words
30
30 sec
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An object is labeled by its different parts
31
30 sec
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Shows land and water. Lets the reader know WHERE something occurred
32
30 sec
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In the front of a nonfiction text. Tells the reader what page each chapter (or section) will start and end.
33
30 sec
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The author's reason for writing a text. Is it to inform you (facts only), is it to persuade you (trying to get YOU to do or think something), or is it to entertain you (fiction only)
34
30 sec
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The author is trying to convince YOU (the reader) to think or do something. There is a strong claim followed by evidence that is meant to sway your thinking.
35
30 sec
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The author is trying to give the reader factual information. The author does not show their opinion about the topic
36
30 sec
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A form of persuasive writing that convinces YOU to buy something
37
30 sec
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A form of persuasive art that uses a picture to convince YOU to think or do something
38
30 sec
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The author's hidden opinion that might cause them to write the way they do. For example, why might someone write an article about Barack Obama being the greatest president of all time? Do they have bias in Barack Obama supporter? Do they have bias because they might work for Barack Obama?
39
30 sec
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Recently written nonfiction text that is found in a newspaper or magazine
40
30 sec
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An informational text
41
30 sec
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A nonfiction text meant to express the author's personal feelings about a topic
42
30 sec
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Nonfiction that is spoken to an audience (can be informative or persuasive)
43
30 sec
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Nonfiction text that is folded into three sides. Usually informational
44
30 sec
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Informational steps about how to cook something
45
30 sec
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A card that is sent from a traveler to a loved one and contains writing on one side, with a photograph of the location on the other
46
30 sec
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The General subject that the passage/text is about, usually described in 1 or 2 words
47
30 sec
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A brief statement or account of the main points of something
48
30 sec
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Data or information in the form of visual representations. These may be abstractions, analogues, rough illustrations, or digital reproductions of the objects
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30 sec
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A type of nonfiction—a very important type. Nonfiction includes any text that is factual. (Or, by some definitions, any type of literature that is factual, which would exclude texts such as menus and street signs.)
