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HLLA informational terms

TermDefinition
Analogy A point-by-point comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.
Argument A position supported by evidence.
Bias Leaning in favor of a certain thing against another.
Cause and Effect When something happens (cause) and has a result (effect).
Chronological Order The order in which events are put in sequence of when they occurred.
Compare-and-Contrast Pattern Looking for similarities and differences.
Conclusions General summing ups of information in a text.
Connotation and Denotation The feelings (connotation) and definitions (denotation) associated with a word.
Context Clues Words surrounding another word to hint at that other word's meaning.
Evidence Claims, assertions, and other features from a text that can be used to answer questions about it.
Fact and Opinion A statement that can be proved true and a personal belief that others may disagree with.
Fallacious Reasoning False reasoning.
5W-How Lead paragraph answers who, what, when, where, why, and how.
Generalization Broad statement covering several situations.
Graphic Features Design elements like headings, maps, charts, graphs, and pictures.
Images Descriptive writing to make someone picture a scene in their head.
Inference An educated guess.
Instructional Manuals Tell you how to operate a device.
KWL Chart A chart showing what you know, what you want to know, and what you have learned.
Main Idea The most important point or focus of a passage.
Newspapers Informational texts that presents facts about current events.
Objective Writing Sticks to the facts, does not reveal personal beliefs.
Outlining Helps identify main ideas and understand informational texts.
Persuasion Use of language or pictures to convince the reader to believe or do something.
Predictions Guessing what will happen next.
Propaganda Organized attempt to influence a large group of people.
Purposes of Text To persuade, to inform, to entertain, etc.
Reading Rate The speed at which you read a text.
Retelling When you say what you remember from the text.
SQ3R Survey, Question, Read, Retell, Review
Signs Brief informational text, used to display information.
Stereotyping Referring to all members of a group as if they were all the same.
Subjective Writing Emphasizes and reveals personal feelings and opinions.
Summarizing Restating the main ideas or major events in a text.
Text Structures Cause and effect, chronological order, comparison and contrast.
Textbooks Informational texts written to help students.
Writers Perspective The way a person looks at a subject.
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