Informational Text

Footnote

This is a reference, explanation, or comment placed below the text on a printed page.

Afterword

This is a short conclusion to a book usually written by someone other than the author.

Foreword

This is a short introduction to a book, usually written by someone other than the author.

Foreword

This is a short, separated introduction to a book, usually written by the author.

Implied Meaning

This is a suggested, but not stated, definition.

Reflective Writing

This type of writing style is characterized by deep, thoughtful insights.

Content

the subject matter or material pertaining to a particular area of study or the essential components of a work

Omniscient

"Third Person __________" is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and knows everything about the characters and events.

Graphic Adj.

-Depicted or represented with pictures or images. Noun- A picture, image or visual representation of information or an idea.

Compare And Contrast

This is a method of relating two or more objects in a piece of work.

Expository Text

This is a mode of writing whose purpose is to convey information or to explain and establish the validity of an idea in a logical, clear, and concrete manner.

Graphic Organizer

This is a pictorial way of representing knowledge. It is used to help organize ideas and present information.

Detail

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

Table

A diagram made to visually organize data in rows and columns.

Illustration

A drawing, painting, photograph or other visual representation made for explaining information or furthering understanding of an idea.

Diagram

A general term for an illustration or visual representation of information. Types of these can include tables and graphs.

Chart

A type of diagram that represents large amounts of information graphically to make it more understandable.

Third Person Limited Point Of View

This is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character, who is referred to as "he" or "she."

Limited View

This is a point of view, in which the narrator is outside the story, reveals the thoughts of only one character, and yet refers to that characters as 'he' or 'she'.

Transitional Device

These are connecting words used to link your sentences and paragraphs together smoothly.

Supporting Evidence

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

Implicit Directions

Directions that are clearly stated step-by-step within a passage.

Directions

These are the instructions that tell how to do something.

Thesis

In expository writing, this is the main point or central idea that a writer states and then endeavors to prove valid by means of a systematic argument.

Organization

In writing, this is the trait of order, structure and presentation of information; It is the writing trait which measures logical sequencing of ideas, details, or events.

Argument

This involves one or more reasons presented by a speaker or a writer to lead the audience or reader to a logical conclusion.

Map

This is a drawing or picture that shows features of an area or particular part of the earth's surface.

Central Idea

The key point made in a written passage; the chief topic.

Argument

The logical, systematic presentation of reasoning and supporting evidence that proves the validity of a statement or position.

Text Features

These are common parts of nonfiction texts and are often used to design and organize pages. They help readers navigate the information and make predictions about what will be read.

Supporting Sentence

This in a paragraph helps to clarify, describe, explain, or enhance the main idea of a paragraph.

Schematic Diagram

This is a drawing, sketch, plan, or chart that makes something easier to understand through visual representation.

Title

This is a group of words which give the reader's first impression and set the tone for the writing.

Glossary

This is a list found in the back of a book that gives definitions of unusual or hard words found in the text.

Bibliography

This is a list of written works or other sources on a particular subject.

First-person Point Of View

This is a point of view in which the story is told by one of the characters.

Presentation

This is a prepared performance, report, or demonstration for an audience.

Timeline

This is a representation of a sequence of events.

Table Of Contents

This is a section found at the beginning of a text that lists the topics and page numbers in the order in which they occur in the text.

Preface

This is a short introduction to a novel, play, or long poem usually written by the author. It states the subject and/or purpose of the selection and gives background details.

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.

Subheading

This is a short title within an article that identifies the beginning of each new topic.

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 information that is necessary or valuable to the reader.

Constructed Response

This is a type of writing assignment given on the HSAP test that requires students to "build" or respond to a reading passage. The response must give specific and relevant examples from the passage. This type of writing uses a 3-point scoring rubric.

Graphic Source

This is a visual piece of information.

Perspective

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

Subject

This is always a person, place, thing, or idea, that the sentence is about.

Relevant

This is an adjective that implies a thing closely relates to or is on the same subject matter; appropriate to the situation.

Index

This is an alphabetical list of items contained in a printed work. It is located in the back of the printed work and gives page numbers where items may be found in the work.

Index

This is an alphabetical listing of names and topics along with the page numbers where the topics or names are discussed.

Purpose

This is an author's intention, reason, or drive for writing the piece.

Viewpoint

This is an expression of an opinion or standpoint.

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.

Denouement

This is part of the plot and is made up of any events that occur after the resolution in a literary work.

Evaluate

This is placing a value or rank on a piece of writing or speaking.

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.

Chronological Order

This is the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur.

Tone

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

Introduction

This is the beginning of a written work that explains what will be found in the main part.

Main Idea

This is the central and most important idea of a reading passage.

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.

Sequential Order

This is the chronological, or time, order of events in a reading passage.

Central Argument

This is the dominant and controlling argument.

Caption

This is the explanation that goes with a picture or illustration.

Text

This is the main body of a piece of writing or any of the various forms in which writing exists, such as a book, a poem, an article, or a short story.

Theme

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

Sequence

This is the order in which things happen.

Exposition

This is the part of the plot that introduces the characters, the setting, and the basic situation.

Rising Action

This is the part of the plot where the conflict and suspense build.

Climax

This is the part of the plot where the conflict and tension reach a peak.

Resolution

This is the part of the plot where the conflict is ended.

Point Of View

This is the perspective from which a story is told.

Author's Purpose

This is the reason for creating written work.

Logic

This is the reasoning used to reach a conclusion based on a set of assumptions, or it may be defined as the science of reasoning, proof, thinking, or inference.

Cause And Effect

This is the relationship between two or more events in which one event brings about another.

Paraphrase

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

Plot

This is the series of events that happen in a literary work.

Topic

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

Central Message

This is the theme of a story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life.

Synthesize

This is to collect information on a topic and summarize, analyze or interpret it.

Infer

This is to get a conclusion from the facts or context; to figure out what is being implied by reading between the lines.

Summarize

This is to state briefly.

Order Of Importance

This is used when details are organized by degree of impact.

Spatial Order

This is used when details are organized from one location to another.

Technical Writing

This is writing that communicates specific information about a particular subject, craft, or occupation.

Problem-Solution

This method of structuring text focuses on defining an issue, then gives a possible remedy for the issue.

Expository Text

This presents information, explains, or informs.

Narrative Text

This tells the events and actions of a story.

Prewriting

This the first stage in the writing process, used to focus ideas and find good topics.

Controlling Idea

the author's opinion or the perspective he/she wants to convey expressed through the thesis statement for an essay, or through a topic sentence within an individual paragraph

Support

to strengthen or substantiate an argument or idea by providing facts, details, examples and other information