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Unit 2: Info Texts
Vocabulary Flashcards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Audience | The intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium |
| Author's Purpose | The reason an author writes about a particular topic; the reason an author includes details, features, or devices in a work |
| Bias | A particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or unreasoned |
| Citation | A reference to the author's name, title of work, date published, publisher, and/or page numbers of quoted or paraphrased text in a shortened in-text notation within the text itself OR in the full version on the Works Cited page of the end of the text. |
| Claim | An assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue |
| Context | The words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage |
| Credibility | The quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up-to-date information to the readers of the text |
| Diction | Choice of words in speaking or writing for clear and effective expression |
| Digital Text | An electronic text read on a computer screen or other electronic device that may include images, sound, video, and other multimodal interactive and embedded elements |
| Evidence | Specific details or facts that support an inference about a text or an idea |
| Genre | The type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content |
| Graphic Features | Picture or other image (e.g., charts, tables, maps, drawings, timelines, diagrams, or figures) that SHOW information. |
| Informational Text | A text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate about a topic related to the natural or social worlds |
| Inquiry | An act of searching for information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate (NOUN form; verb - to inquire) |
| Key Ideas | Important Ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc. |
| Multimodal Texts | 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 performance |
| Paraphrase | Restate the meaning of something in DIFFERENT words. Must transmit the original text's ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation. |
| Reliable Source | A credible or believable source. Questions to evaluate credibility are: Is the author a respected authority on this subject? Does the author support opinions with strong argumentation and reasoning? How current is this information? |
| Research Plan | A timeline created for the research process of a text that includes these steps: Research, Creation, Revision, Peer Review, ad Distribution |
| Summarize | To reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. |
| Syntax | The arrangement and sequence of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases |
| Synthesize | To combine elements and parts and form into a coherent whole |
| 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 |
| Thesis | A statement or premise supported by arguments |
| Tone | The author's particular attitude, either stated or implied in writing |
| Close Reading | A thoughtful, disciplined reading of a text in which the reader focuses on patterns and techniques to better understand specific details such as sentence structure, diction, and literary devices |
| Infographic | A visual image used to represent information or data |
| Library Research Database | An organized collection of electronic information that is not available for free on the open internet. |
| Search Engine | Software that carries out a systematic search for the best matches to a user's question (e.g., Google - 90% of market share of ALL search engines!; Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuck Go, etc.) |
| Web Search Query | Keywords and phrases entered into a search engine in order to find something on the internet |
| Writing Process | Commonly identified steps used in when creating a text: Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing |
| Text Features | Items within a text that help organize the information (e.g., table of contents, index, glossary, appendix, bullets, titles, headings, subheadings, captions, labels, sidebars, bold print, and/or italics) |
| Types of Informational Texts | Literary Nonfiction, Expository Text, Argumentative/Persuasive Text, and Procedural Text |
| Types of Literary Nonfiction | Speeches, Personal Essays, Biographies, Newspaper Stories, and/or Memoirs |
| Expository Text | Non-narrative writing that provides factual information to explain or describe a topic |
| Background Knowledge | Knowledge that a reader already knows that influences their understanding of new content about a topic |
| Information Literacy | Set of SKILLS that allow a reader to navigate information overload |
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Mrs.Foster.HHS
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