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Informational Texts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an alphabetical list of items given at the end of a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found | index |
| explanatory comment for a picture or graphic | caption |
| a reference to a book, article, web page, or other published item | citation |
| a collection of special terms and their meanings | glossary |
| a document or object which was written or created during the time under study | primary source |
| graphic representations (picture, map, or graph) used especially for illustrations | graphic feature |
| a listing that appears in the front of a book showing the orders in which the items appear | table of contents |
| collection of maps | atlas |
| facts and statistics published by year | almanac |
| Visuals (bold print, italics, large font) that help the reader understand the text | text features |
| What the passage is about | a topic |
| Text that tells what happened and why it happened | cause and effect text structure |
| Text that gives information about a person or object by describing | descriptive text structure |
| a secondhand account about people, events, topics or places | secondary source |