Characteristics of Informational Texts
These characteristics of informational texts have captions underneath that explain what it is about.
What are pictures?
What
These characteristics of informational texts have directions, compass points, and ways to navigate.
What are maps?
The author's move usually goes in the _____ column of the page.
These characteristics of informational texts have columns and rows to help explain how things are similar and different.
What are tables?
This author's move focuses on _______ something by using adjectives, examples, or images.
These characteristics of informational texts tend to be circular and compare and contrast items by using percentages or numbers.
What are graphs?
This author's move uses such key words as both or neither.
What is comparison/contrast?
These characteristics of informational text have bold face words to suggest ______.
What are key vocabulary words in the article?
This author's move uses ____________ by listing things by time, first, next, then, last.
What is Order/ Sequence?