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Unit 4 Vocabulary
Discovering Informational Text Unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affix | a word element, such as a prefix or suffix, that occurs before or after a root or base word to modify its meaning |
| Audience | the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium |
| Author’s purpose | the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work |
| Author’s craft | intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create an effective written work; author’s craft may vary by genre |
| Central idea | the main point of a piece of writing |
| Digital text | an electronic text read or heard on a computer or other electronic device that may include images, sound, video, and other multimodal interactive and embedded elements |
| Editing | a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling. |
| Evidence | specific details or facts that support an inference or idea |
| Genre | the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content |
| Graphic feature | picture or other image within a text |
| Informational text | a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate |
| Inquiry | an act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic |
| Key ideas | important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc. |
| Multimodal text | the strategic integration of two or more modes of communication to create meaning, including written and spoken texts, images, gestures, music, digital texts and media, and live performances |
| Organizational pattern | the pattern an author constructs as he or she organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details |
| Paraphrase | restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation |
| Prefix | one or more letters placed before a root or base word that changes the meaning of the word |
| Revising | a stage in the writing process where changes are made to improve the message for an audience |
| Suffix | one or more letters placed after the root or base word that changes the meaning of the word |
| Text evidence | paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader’s claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text |
| Text structure | the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text |
| Text/print feature | any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps convey meaning |
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megan.mcneill
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