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Flashcard 1: What is the main purpose of an image in an informational text (RI.2.7)?
Answer: To add information that helps the reader understand the text. Images provide visual support to help readers better comprehend written information.
Flashcard 2: Identify what an image contributes if it helps you learn a new word from the text.
Answer: It provides a visual example of the word’s meaning. Images can illustrate abstract concepts, making new vocabulary more concrete.
Flashcard 3: What does it mean when an image "clarifies" a text?
Answer: It makes the meaning easier to understand. Clarifying means making something clearer or less confusing through visual support.
Flashcard 4: What is a caption in an informational text?
Answer: A short text that explains what an image shows. Captions provide context by describing or explaining the content of an image.
Flashcard 5: What is a label in a diagram or picture?
Answer: A word or phrase that names a part of the image. Labels identify specific parts by pointing to them with text.
Flashcard 6: Identify the best match: The text explains stages of a butterfly; the image shows each stage.
Answer: The image supports the text by showing the stages clearly. Visual representation of stages reinforces the text's sequential explanation.
Flashcard 7: What is the best way to cite an image when answering a question about the text?
Answer: Name the image and tell the detail it shows. Proper citation includes identifying the image and its relevant information.
Flashcard 8: Choose the best description: A chart that compares two animals by size and diet is used to show what?
Answer: Similarities and differences (comparison). Charts organize information to highlight relationships between different elements.
Flashcard 9: Identify what to do if the image and the words seem to disagree.
Answer: Reread and use the caption/labels to check which detail is correct. Cross-referencing helps resolve apparent conflicts between visual and written content.
Flashcard 10: What is the best reason an author includes a diagram of a machine in a text?
Answer: To show how the parts fit and work together. Diagrams reveal relationships between components.
Flashcard 11: Which option best describes how a map can help a reader of nonfiction?
Answer: It shows where places are located. Maps visualize spatial relationships and geography.
Flashcard 12: Which option best describes how a photograph can help a reader of nonfiction?
Answer: It shows what something really looks like. Photos provide visual evidence of actual appearance.
Flashcard 13: What information do labels on a diagram usually provide?
Answer: The names of parts or important features. Labels identify specific elements within diagrams.
Flashcard 14: Which type of image shows steps in order, often with arrows?
Answer: A sequence diagram. Sequential diagrams use arrows to connect ordered steps.
Flashcard 15: Identify what a photograph usually provides in an informational text.
Answer: A real-life example of what the text describes. Photos show actual objects or events mentioned in text.
Flashcard 16: Identify what a map usually helps a reader understand in a text.
Answer: Where something is located. Maps visualize spatial relationships described in words.
Flashcard 17: What is the best way to connect an image to the text while reading?
Answer: Match image details to the words and ideas in the text. Connecting visuals to text deepens comprehension.
Flashcard 18: What is a strong sentence frame for explaining an image’s role in the text?
Answer: The image helps because it shows from the text. This frame helps students articulate image-text connections.
Flashcard 19: What does it mean when an image contributes to a text?
Answer: It provides details that support the text’s ideas. Contributing means adding helpful information to the main text.
Flashcard 20: Which text feature is most likely to show the steps in a process?
Answer: A sequence of pictures (step-by-step images). Sequential images show order better than words alone.
Flashcard 21: Identify the best question to ask to connect an image to the text.
Answer: How does this image help me understand what I just read. This question links visual information to written content.
Flashcard 22: Choose the best explanation: Text describes where animals live; image is a map of habitats.
Answer: The map shows the locations of habitats mentioned in the text. Maps visualize geographic information from text.
Flashcard 23: Identify the best explanation: Text gives directions; image shows arrows from start to finish.
Answer: The arrows show the order of steps described in the text. Visual sequence matches written procedural steps.
Flashcard 24: Choose the best explanation: Text explains plant parts; image labels roots, stem, leaves.
Answer: The labels name each part, making the text easier to follow. Labels connect visual parts to textual descriptions.
Flashcard 25: Which option is an example of an image detail you should mention in your explanation?
Answer: A label, arrow, or part shown in the picture. Specific visual elements support explanations effectively.
Flashcard 26: Which option best explains how an image can support the main idea of a text?
Answer: It gives details that match and strengthen the main idea. Supporting images reinforce text through visual evidence.
Flashcard 27: Which text feature is an image that shows parts and labels of something?
Answer: A diagram. Diagrams use labels to identify and explain parts of objects.
Flashcard 28: Which option is the best explanation of why an author includes a diagram of a machine?
Answer: To show how the parts work together. Machine diagrams reveal internal mechanisms and connections.
Flashcard 29: What should you do if the picture and the words seem to give different information?
Answer: Reread and use the words as the main source of meaning. Text takes priority when images and words conflict.
Flashcard 30: Which option best explains how a map image helps in an informational text about places?
Answer: It shows where places are located. Maps visually represent geographical information and positions.