Types of informational Texts
Different Text Features
Text Structure
Print/Graphic Features
Applying Skills
100
a text written about a person by someone else
Biography
100
pieces of indisputable or true information
fact
100
Authors use this structure to look at similarities and differences of two or more things.
Compare and Contrast
100
Which feature does not belong?
-title
-headings
-diagrams
-boldface terms
Diagrams
100
Give an acceptable paraphrase of this sentence:
At the end of the day, all that matters is that you are safe, happy, and healthy.
Example: When the day is over, the most important thing is that you remain safe, healthy, and in good spirits.
200
a text written about a person by that same person.
Autobiography
200
visual displays of information that can be a photograph, a chart, or any other kind of image that helps the reader understand the information.
Graphic Feature
200
Authors use this structure to identify a conflict and offer ways to solve it
Problem and Solution
200
What is the main idea/focus of this graphic feature?
To compare fuel densities/ emphasize the density of Uranium
200
Look at the italicized words, what text feature is emphasized in this text?
“Mach 1” is the term for something moving at the speed of sound. When an object is moving this fast, the air molecules in front of the object can’t get out of the way quickly enough, so they become compressed and form a shock wave.
Specialized Vocabulary
300
essays written about subjects or individuals that often appear in newspapers and magazines
Articles
300
a piece of information about quantities that are too big to count by explaining how they relate to a larger group. Uses percentages and fractions
Statistic
300
Authors use this structure to tell about events in the time order in which they occurred.
Chronological/Sequential
300
a small note found at the very bottom of a page in an informational text (like a textbook, article, or report). It is used to provide extra information, define a word, or cite a source without interrupting the main story or paragraph.
A Footnote
300
This paragraph is an example of what text feature?
In 1947, a group of thirteen employees, including two former East Computers, were sent to the Mojave Desert in the western part of the United States to establish a high-speed flight research center. Their mission: to build the fastest airplane in the world, one that could fly faster than the speed of sound.
Fact
400
texts written by a person about their own life and experiences.
Memoir
400
words and phrases that help us understand complex or unfamiliar subjects. This is almost always accompanied by a definition and explanation so that the reader does not get confused.
Specialized Vocabulary
400
Authors use this structure to explain how or why something happened
Cause and Effect
400
Give 3 examples of a print feature
Title, headings, bold terms, captions
400
What text structure is being used in this paragraph?
We’ll start with the obvious: Most lights wouldn’t last long, because the major power grids would go down relatively fast. Fossil fuel plants, which supply the vast majority of the world’s electricity, require a steady supply of fuel, and their supply chains do involve humans making decisions.
Cause and Effect
500
a presentation designed to educate or inform an audience about a specific topic
Speech
500
elements used to convey information to the reader and include graphs, specialized vocabulary, facts, statistics, interviews, and journal entries.
Informational Text Features
500
The way that informational text information is organized
Text Structure
500
Give 3 examples of a graphic feature
photographs, drawings, maps, charts, graphs, and diagrams
500
What text structure is being used in these two sentences?
Eventually, most of the wind turbines would be stopped by the same thing that would destroy the geothermal plants: Their gearboxes would seize up.
The dam would probably succumb to either clogged intakes or the same kind of mechanical failure that would hit the wind turbines and geothermal plants.
Compare and Contrast