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Informational Text Reading Flashcards

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  1. A student reads a biography and an autobiography both written about the same person. What is the MAIN difference between the two sources?

    Answer: A biography is written by someone else; an autobiography is written by the subject

    A biography is written about someone by another person. An autobiography is written by the person themselves about their own life.

  2. The author of an article about electric vehicles works for an electric vehicle company. How might this AFFECT the reliability of the information?

    Answer: The author may present biased information that favors electric vehicles

    Authors with financial or professional stakes in a topic may present information that favors their interests, creating potential bias that readers should recognize.

  3. Which sentence from an article about Arizona's economy is an OPINION rather than a fact?

    Answer: Arizona's diverse economy, spanning technology and tourism, is the most exciting in the Southwest.

    'Most exciting' is a subjective judgment that cannot be objectively measured or proven — it is an opinion.

  4. When annotating an informational text, a student circles unfamiliar words and writes 'WHY?' next to surprising facts. What is the PURPOSE of annotation?

    Answer: To actively engage with the text and monitor comprehension

    Annotation is an active reading strategy that helps readers engage with, question, and process information while monitoring their own understanding.

  5. An article includes this graphic: a bar graph showing Arizona's population growth from 1950 to 2020. What is the PRIMARY purpose of including this graphic?

    Answer: To visually represent data that supports and clarifies the text's claims

    Graphics like bar graphs visually represent data to help readers understand trends and relationships that might be harder to grasp from text alone.

  6. A student reads an informational paragraph and identifies the sentence that tells the most important idea. This sentence is called the:

    Answer: Topic sentence

    The topic sentence states the main idea of the paragraph. It is typically the first sentence and tells what the entire paragraph is about.

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