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Flashcard 1: What text feature most often shows the order of steps in a technical procedure?
Answer: Numbered steps. Numbers clearly indicate the sequence in which steps should be performed.
Flashcard 2: What does it mean to describe the connection between events or steps in an informational text?
Answer: Tell how the events or steps are related in order, cause, or idea. Connections show how parts of a text relate through order, causation, or shared concepts.
Flashcard 3: What word best signals that one event happens after another in time order?
Answer: Next. This transition word indicates what follows in a sequence.
Flashcard 4: What word best signals a cause-and-effect connection in an informational text?
Answer: Because. This conjunction introduces the reason why something happens.
Flashcard 5: What word best signals that a result happens after a cause in a text?
Answer: So. This conjunction introduces the consequence of a previous action.
Flashcard 6: What question helps you find a cause-and-effect connection between two events?
Answer: What happened because of this. This question prompts readers to identify effects or consequences.
Flashcard 7: What question helps you find a time-order connection between events in a text?
Answer: What happened first, next, and last. This question helps identify chronological order of events.
Flashcard 8: What is the connection called when steps must be done in a specific order to work?
Answer: Sequence. Steps arranged in a particular order form a sequence.
Flashcard 9: What is the connection called when two ideas in a science text support the same main idea?
Answer: Related ideas (same topic). Ideas connect when they support or relate to the same central concept.
Flashcard 10: What is the connection called when one event makes another event happen?
Answer: Cause and effect. One event directly causes another to occur.
Flashcard 11: Which graphic organizer best helps you describe connections among steps in a procedure?
Answer: A sequence chart. This visual tool shows steps in order with arrows or numbers.
Flashcard 12: What does the word "then" usually signal when describing steps or events?
Answer: The next step or event in order. Indicates what follows in chronological order.
Flashcard 13: What is a "series" of events or steps in a text?
Answer: A set of events or steps in the order they happen. Events arranged chronologically, one after another.
Flashcard 14: What type of connection is shown by the words "because" or "so" in a text?
Answer: Cause and effect. These words signal one thing leads to another.
Flashcard 15: What should you include when describing a connection between two events in a text?
Answer: The linking words and the related events or steps. Signal words clarify how events relate to each other.
Flashcard 16: Which question best helps you describe connections between steps in a procedure?
Answer: What happens first, next, and last. Focuses on sequential order of procedural steps.
Flashcard 17: What is a technical procedure in an informational text?
Answer: Steps that tell how to do or make something. Procedures give directions to complete a task.
Flashcard 18: What question helps you find a cause-and-effect connection in a text?
Answer: What happened because of something else. Cause-and-effect shows one thing making another happen.
Flashcard 19: In a procedure, what should you do if a step says "repeat"?
Answer: Do the same step again as directed. "Repeat" means do the action one more time.
Flashcard 20: What is a series of historical events in a text?
Answer: Events that happened in the past in a particular order. Historical means from the past, in time order.
Flashcard 21: What question helps you find a sequence connection in a text?
Answer: What happened first, next, and last. Sequence shows the order things happen in time.
Flashcard 22: What is a scientific idea or concept in an informational text?
Answer: A science fact or explanation about how something works. Scientific concepts explain natural phenomena.
Flashcard 23: What should you include when you describe connections between steps in a procedure?
Answer: The correct order and how one step leads to the next. Procedures need clear order and relationships.
Flashcard 24: What should you include when you describe connections between historical events?
Answer: The order of events and how earlier events led to later events. History shows both when and why events happened.
Flashcard 25: What should you do first to describe connections clearly in an informational text?
Answer: Identify key events, ideas, or steps and the words that link them. Finding key parts and link words helps explain connections.
Flashcard 26: What question helps you connect steps in a technical procedure?
Answer: What step must be done before the next step can happen. Technical procedures require steps in specific order.
Flashcard 27: What does the word "finally" usually signal in a series of steps?
Answer: The last step in the sequence. Marks the conclusion of a process or series.
Flashcard 28: What does the word "first" usually signal in a technical procedure?
Answer: The beginning step in the sequence. Indicates the initial action in a process.
Flashcard 29: What is the difference between "cause" and "effect"?
Answer: Cause is why it happened; effect is what happened. Cause triggers the event; effect is the result.
Flashcard 30: What type of connection does a timeline of events usually show?
Answer: Time order (first, next, then, last). Chronological markers show when things happen in sequence.