#2 READING: INFORMATIONAL TEXT

Analogy

This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

Contrast

This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are DIFFERENT.

Compare

This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are SIMILAR.

Logical Fallacy

This is a part of an argument that is flawed and makes the argument invalid, an error in reasoning.

Detail

This is a piece of information that is used to support a main idea.

Rhetorical Strategy

This is a plan an author uses to effectively deliver the intended message in written work.

Font

This is a production element or text feature that is a design for a set of characters. This term includes a typeface, such as Times New Roman, and different sizes and styles.

Sidebar

This is a short piece of informative or descriptive material found next to a larger piece of writing, usually it is found in a box next to the main article.

Implied

This is a suggested, but not stated, definition. It is an ___ definition.

Heading

This is a title or subtitle at the beginning of a chapter, section, or unit of a text.

Informational Text

This is a type of real-world writing that presents material that is necessary or valuable to the reader.

Persuasive Appeal

This is a type of writing or speech that attempts to convince a reader to think or act in a particular manner.

Viewpoint

This is a writer's opinion or way of seeing an issue.

Perspective

This is a writer's or speaker's point of view about a particular subject, and is often influenced by their beliefs or by events in their lives.

Fallacy

This is an argument in which the premises do not justify the conclusion.

Counter Argument

This is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument. It expresses the view of a person who disagrees with your position.

Opinion

This is an expression of an author's personal belief. It is not something that can be proved to be true or false.

Bold Print

This is done to part of a text to makes it stand out as a darker, sharper image. It is an organizational feature to locate specific information.

Inference

This is reading between the lines. It is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read. You make an _____.

Fallacious Reasoning

This is reasoning based on false or invalid arguments.

Tone

This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

Universal Theme

This is the central message of a story, poem, novel, or play that many readers can apply to their own experiences, or to those of all people.

Central Argument

This is the dominant and controlling argument.

Format

This is the general plan of organization of a written work or source of information.

Media

This is the main means of mass communication.

Theme

This is the message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work.

Main Idea

This is the most important idea of a reading passage or presentation.

Citation

This is the notation of a source used for a paper.

Point Of View

This is the perspective from which a story is told or information is provided. It is the way the author lets the readers see and hear the story or information; who tells the story.

Deductive Logic

This is the process of forming a specific consequence from general observations.

Author's Purpose

This is the reason for creating written work.

Allusion

This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion with which a reader is likely to be familiar.

Audio

This is the reproduction or broadcasting of sound.

Paraphrase

This is the restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work.

Topic

This is the specific part of a subject that is dealt with in a research paper, essay, or presentation.

Thesis Statement

This is the the main idea of an essay, usually expressed as a generalization that is supported with concrete evidence.

Style

This is the way an author expresses ideas through the use of kinds of words, literary devices, and sentence structure.

Persuade

This is to convince.

Conclusion

This is when you use pieces of information on a subject to base your opinion or make a decision. You draw a ________.

Validity

This of a source means the accuracy of the information. Is it up-to-date, written by a reliable author, contained in a reputable publication, and directly related to the topic?

Either-Or

This propaganda technique is also called "black-and-white thinking" because only two choices are given. You are either for something or against it; there is no middle ground or shades of gray. It is called the ___ ___ Fallacy. (2 words)

Logical

This refers to a reasonable and sensible arrangement of ideas and details is called a ___ organization.

Structure

This refers to a writer's arrangement or overall design of a literary work. It is the way words, sentences, and paragraphs are organized to create a complete work.

Persuasive Text

This type of text attempts to convince a reader to adopt a particular opinion or course of action.

Visual Text

This type of text communicates primarily through images and color.

Summarize

To restate briefly is to ____.

Support

To strengthen or prove an argument, analysis, or idea by providing facts, details, examples and other information is to ___ it.

Supporting

To strengthen your ideas and opinions with examples, facts, or details is to add _____ details.

Supporting Evidence

These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.

Supporting

A _____ sentence helps to give additional evidence for a claim or a main idea.

Literary Summary

A _____ summary is a synopsis of the events, characters, and ideas in a work of literature.

Multimedia

A presentation is called _____ if it uses more than one kind of medium.

Multimodal

A presentation or report is called ____ if it incorporates components such as audio, video, and printed material.

Nuance

A subtle difference in meaning.

Moral

A theme of a passage, story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life is called a ____.

Medium

A way of communicating information

Valid

An argument which is well constructed is called a ___ argument.

Purpose

An author's ____ could be to inform, to entertain, or to persuade.

Quote

If you repeat the words someone else has said or written, you ______ them.

Figurative

Language that goes beyond the literal meanings of words to create special effects or feelings is called ____ language.

Controlling

The _____ idea of a passage is the idea which is dealt with and recurs throughout the passage.

Central

The key point made in a passage is called its ____ idea.

Denotation

The literal definition of a word is also called its ______.

Thesis

The main point or central idea that a writer states and then endeavors to prove is called a ____.

Persuasive Techniques

These are techniques used to convince. They include repetition, sentence variety, understatement, and overstatement.

Claim

When an author makes a ____, (s)he is stating something which might or might not be true. It must be argued.

Relevant

When something closely relates to a subject it is called ____ to the subject.

Circular

When two ideas are used to prove each other, we call this ________ reasoning.

Context

When we find the meaning of a word (or phrase) by looking at the words and sentences around it, we are using ____ clues.