Types of Informational Text
Types of Visual Media
Vocabulary
Types of Charts
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An informational text about a particular topic, issue, event or series of events

News Article 

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An image typically created by light acting on a sensitive material

Photograph

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Lacking a strong moral character 

Ignoble 

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Shows the relative order of a series of events, such as dates

Time Line

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Hapless means 

Unfortunate; having bad luck 

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Provides all the information that a reader will need to understand the process the writer is describing

How-To Article

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Serves to make a concept clearer by providing a visual example

Illustration 

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Blocked path, or at a stand still in a situation 

Impasse 

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Graphic representation of a process

EX; how a bill becomes a law 

Flow Chart 

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Shocking and terrible is the definition of what word

Heinous

300

Usually addressed to someone you don't know personally and has a formal tone

Business Letter 

300

Visual representation of data that is intended to clarify, highlight, or put a certain perspective on the information presented

Chart 

300

Implicit means 

Implied, not directly stated
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Shows the parts that make up the whole of something

Pie or Circle Chart 

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Grimace means

facial expression showing pain or disgust 

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Contains "links" or connections to other pages within a site

Web Page 

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Serves to explain a concept or process, including the arrangement and relations of various parts of the concept, object, or process

Diagram 

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Very Easy 

Facile 

400

Plots data with rectangles or columns 

Bar Graph 

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To conceive, devise or draft 

Formulate 

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The author takes a clear stance on a topic and builds up an evidence based case on it

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 significant features

Map

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Eclectic means

Selecting from various sources 

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Is an example of what type of chart/graph? 

Line Graph 

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Dearth means 

lack, scarcity