Unit 6 RLA Vocab- Exploring Informational Texts (central idea)

audience

the listener, viewer, or reader of a text

paraphrase

to restate the meaning of something in different, fewer words

central idea

the most important point the author makes (main idea)

summarize

to give a brief statement of the main points of a text

informational text

a nonfiction text, written to share factual information (articles, essays, primary source documents, biographies, autobiographies)

author's purpose

the reason the author has for writing. (inform, persuade, & entertain) OR the reason an author includes certain information in a text

author's craft

the technique, language use and choices of an author to craft/create a piece of writing.

(every author has their own style or craft when writing)

digital text

an electronic text read on a computer screen or other electronic device that may include images, sound, video, etc.

graphic features

visuals that help us better understand a text such as graphs, diagrams, charts, photographs, and illustrations

text features

any characteristic of a text outside the main body of a text that helps us understand what we're reading (bold words, titles, subtitles, captions, timelines, etc.)

multimodal text

the use of two or more forms of communication to create meaning, including written texts, videos, images, music, and live performances

key ideas

important ideas throughout a work that support the central message or theme

text structure

how the information within a nonfiction text is organized- compare/contrast, cause/effect, description, sequence, and problem/solution

inquiry

the search for information to gain knowledge about a specific topic

suffix

an affix that is added to the end of the word to change its meaning

prefix

an affix that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning

morpheme

in a language, the smallest unit that has meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix for root word)

central idea

the most important point the author makes (main idea)

affix

a prefix or suffix

root word

the base word before adding prefixes or suffixes

(in the word joyful, "joy" is a root word, and "-ful" is a suffix)

text feature

any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps us understand what we're reading (bold words, titles, subtitles, captions, timelines, etc.)