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Literature and Informational Text in Reading Flashcards

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Specific pieces of information that help readers answer questions about a text. These can include characters, setting, and plot. (who, what, when, where, why, etc.)

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Key details (of a text)

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the lesson a story teaches about how to behave in the world.

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Moral

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the overall feeling or underlying topic of the text

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Theme

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using the text to support answers

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Citing (of textual evidence)

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what the text is mostly about

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Central idea

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when a student reaches a conclusion based on evidence that is NOT explicitly stated in the text

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Inference

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a graphic organizer that helps students learn the elements of a book or story by identifying characters, plot, setting, problem, and solution

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story map

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a graphic organizer that helps students compare and contrast ideas and characters from the text

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venn diagram

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a graphic organizer that helps students organize and categorize specific information in order to pick out the most important parts of the text

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main idea and details graphic organizer

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who the story is about (can be humans, animals, etc.)

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characters

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the place and time in which a story is occurring

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setting

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understanding how a series of events occur in a specific and logical order

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sequencing

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a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem

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meter

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type of poetry that tells a story. Usually written in metered verse.

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narrative poetry

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type of poetry that has a set formula

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fixed-verse poetry

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type of poetry that has little or no pre-established guidelines

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free-verse poetry

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Type of long narrative poetry that focuses on the trials and tribulations of a hero/god-like character that may possess superhuman abilities.
Typically takes place in a vast setting and covers a wide geographic area.

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epic poetry

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Japanese poem consisting of 3 lines and 17 syllables

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haiku

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a humorous verse of three long lines and two short lines rhyming (aabba)

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limerick

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a poem of 14 lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes, typically with 10 syllables per line

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sonnet

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stories that can be acted out in front of people or an audience (includes plays, screenplays, and performances)

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dramas

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parts of the text used for understanding

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text features

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bold words or phrases that separate the text by main ideas

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heading (text feature)

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used to find the meanings of important words in the text

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glossary (text feature)

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used to reference certain aspects of the text using page numbers where those ideas are found.

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index (text feature)

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representation of data in visual form

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graphs/charts (text feature)

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more information found on the side or bottom of a website

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sidebar (text feature)

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Used to point the reader to additional information. Brings the reader to another website or file and usually indicated with a different color text & underlined.

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hyperlink (text feature)

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How information in text is organized. Common types are:
chronological order, cause and effect, problem and solution, or narrative structure.

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text structure

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the text goes in order by time or events.

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chronological (text structure)

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when the organization of the text results in a relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other(s).

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cause/effect (text structure)

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a structure where something arises in the story that the character wants to change/fix (problem) and the solution is how the character is able to fix the problem (can be easily mapped out/predicted).

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problem/solution (text structure)

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a narrator in the story recounts his or her own perspective (I, we, me, us)

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first person point of view

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the story is written in the perspective of “you”

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second person point of view

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the narrator remains a detached observer, telling only the action and dialogue

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third person objective point of view

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the narrator tells the story from the viewpoint of one character in the story

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third person limited omniscient point of view

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the narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe every character’s thoughts and interpret their behaviors

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third person omniscient point of view

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these books contain illustrations that are just as important, if not more important, than the words in the book.

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picture books

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like comic books but longer; contain graphic depictions of what is happening in the story and the dialogue is set apart.

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graphic novels

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these books have a predictable sequence because they use a strong repetitive pattern

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pattern books

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these include information presented with slides, video, or digital representations

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multimedia presentations

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refers to what the author wants to reader to learn or know. It is usually not stated, instead it is impled/understood through language, tone, and other elements of the story.

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theme (of a text)

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texts that present facts and information to inform the reader about a topic

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informational texts

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This type of data cannot be quantified. Instead, this data often comes in the form of anecdotal responses.

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Qualitative (text complexity)

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This is data that can be quantified. When analyzing this type of data, teachers often focus on reading levels, WPM, and other measures that can be represented as numbers.

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Quantitative (text complexity)

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systems that allow teachers to implement reading strategies to meet the different needs of students.

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Text-leveling systems

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A short story that conveys a moral, typically with animals as characters

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Fable

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A narrative that features human actions that take place within human history and demonstrate human values. Often passed down by oral tradition.

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Legend

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An account of a person’s life story written by an outside author

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Biography

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A genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to the people or animals in a believable setting

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Realistic Fiction

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Stories set in an imaginary universe, where the locations, events, or people are not from the real world

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Fantasy

52
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helps students to see themselves in the literature they read

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Multicultural literature

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Key details support the _____ of the text.

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central idea

54
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Bloom’s verbs that correspond to critical thinking (top 4 of bloom’s taxonomy)

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analyze, evaluate, create, apply

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using text to support ideas and thoughts is a _____ thinking skill.

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critical

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