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INFORMATIONAL TEXT
INFORMATIONAL TEXT ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
Term | Definition |
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italics | a style of printing with the LETTERS SLANTED to the right |
diagram | a SKETCH or DRAWING to EXPLAIN how something works |
central idea | the IDEA that is OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE in the text |
informational | a type of nonfiction that GIVES INFORMATION about the natural or social world |
text structure | the way authors ORGANIZE INFORMATION in text |
compare | identifying ideas that are SIMILAR in the text |
contrast | identifying ideas that are DIFFERENT in the text |
article | a written piece FOUND IN A NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE |
main idea | what the text is MOSTLY ABOUT |
section | a PART of something written |
selection | the ENTIRE TEXT |
organize | to ARRANGE in a particular way |