What is Evolution? by Julia McKie Genre: Informational Text An informational text informs readers about history, science or other subjects. Reading Strategy Focus Determining the Meaning of Words and Phrases. - Context clues are key words that help determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases. Sometimes the clue is a definition or a description. Sometimes it’s a cause and effect relationship, It may also be a comparison. Look for context clues to help you understand new words in a text. Author Technique Suffixes A suffix is a set of letters that is added to the end of a root word. These letters change the meaning of the word. They also change the part of speech. For example, if you add —ion to the verb express, the word becomes a noun: expression. Scanned with CamScanner