Text Structures
A non-fiction text written primarily to inform, explain, describe, or clarify a subject using clear, objective, and factual language.
Informational Text
A group of words that lacks either a subject, a verb, or both, and cannot express a complete thought on its own.
What is a Phrase?
The sentence function used to deliver facts, state opinions, or explain data, forming the backbone of academic and scientific writing.
What is a Declarative Sentence?
An objective, factual report of current and relevant events concerning a significant group or community.
What is a News Article?
The organizational structure of news writing that presents information in order of decreasing importance, placing the most crucial details at the top.
What is the Inverted Pyramid Structure?
The text structure that presents events, steps, or procedures in chronological or step-by-step order using signal words like first, next, and finally.
What is Sequence / Process?
A group of words containing both a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence
What is an Independent Clause?
A sentence function used to ask a question with the explicit intent of eliciting information, facts, or clarification.
What is an Interrogative Sentence?
The news characteristic requiring verifiable facts, strict objectivity, and the absence of bias or personal opinion.
What is Accuracy?
The element of a news report that identifies the reporter or writer of the article.
What is the Byline?
The text structure that presents an issue or difficulty and then proposes one or more ways to resolve it.
What is Problem and Solution?
A sentence structure containing at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is a Compound-Complex Sentence?
Words or phrases like furthermore, however, and as a result that connect ideas and show logical relationships between sentences or paragraphs.
What are Transitional Devices?
The news value attached to stories involving famous people, public figures, major officials, or key institutions.
What is Prominence?
Parts of news articles that present statements from people involved or knowledgeable that add firsthand perspective or authority.
What are Quotes?
The text structure that explains why something happens and what happens as a direct result.
What is Cause and Effect?
A sentence made of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) or a semicolon.
What is a Compound Sentence?
A sentence function used to express strong emotion, urgency, or surprise, usually ending with an exclamation point.
What is an Exclamatory Sentence?
The news value where events occurring closer to the target audience's local community hold higher importance.
What is Proximity?
The line at the start of a news article stating the location where the report originated.
What is the Dateline?
The text structure used to explain how two or more subjects are similar and/or different using signal words like similarly, however, and on the other hand.
What is Comparison–Contrast?
A clause containing a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a sentence and often begins with a subordinating conjunction like because, although, or when.
What is a Dependent Clause?
A sentence function used to give commands, issue instructions, or direct action, where the subject "you" is typically implied.
What is an Imperative Sentence?
The news value determining that an event must be current, fresh, and up-to-date to be considered newsworthy.
What is Timeliness?
The element of a news report that identifies the reporter or writer of the article.
What is the Byline?