Types of Informational Text
Types of Visual Media
Vocabulary
Types of Charts
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An informational text about a a current topic or event that is happening in the world today.
News Article
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An image typically made by a camera and inserted into a passage.
Photograph
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This usually appears at the bottom of a photograph
A caption
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Shows the relative order of a series of events, such as dates that appear in an article.
Time Line
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This usually appears at the very bottom of the page. It has a small number next to it.
A footnote
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Provides the reader with step by step instructions on an event or topic (ex: making a sandwich)
How-To Article
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usually an image that is hand drawn to help the reader make sense of what they're reading.
Illustration
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A title that appears several times throughout a passage that helps organize information.
A subheading or subtitle
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Graphic representation of a process
EX; how a bill becomes a law
Flow Chart
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The 3 devices authors will use to persuade the reader. Used often in advertisments.
Ethos, Pathos and Logos
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Usually addressed to someone you don't know personally and has a very formal tone.
Business Letter
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Visual representation of data that is intended to clarify information. Can be in pie form or vertical bars.
A Graph
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Something an author uses to support his point. Can be proven. Sometimes contains numbers or percentages. Is the opposite of an opinion.
Fact
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Shows the parts that make up the whole of something and is presented in a circular format.
Pie Chart
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What the reader needs from the article to support an answer.
Evidence
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Contains "links" or connections to other pages within a site or links to other sites.
Web Page
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Serves to explain an object and usually contains many labels that point out it's parts.
Diagram
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the most important idea of an article - usually contained in the first paragraph.
Main idea or Central Idea
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Plots data with rectangles or columns
Bar Graph
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An author will write this to tell about the article or passage in just a few sentences.
Summary
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The author takes a clear opinion on a topic and builds up evidence to make a point.
Argumentative Essay
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A representation, usually on a flat surface such as a sheet of paper, or a certain geographic area, showing various features like the compass rose.
Map
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The author's last paragraph used to wrap up his writing.
A conclusion
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Is an example of what type of chart/graph?
Line Graph
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When an author writes a research paper and places facts and evidence to support his central idea he needs to cite this at the end of the article
Sources