Genre
In informational texts, the author’s main task is to...
Deliver, state, or tell Facts
the author’s reason for writing
Author's Purpose
order or pattern a writer uses to organize events or ideas
Text Structure
What are the 3 authors purposes'?
to entertain, to inform, or to persuade.
what structure is use for a text about how to bake a cake with step by step instructions.
Sequential Order
essays written about subjects or individuals that often appear in newspapers and magazines
Articles
Authors use this structure to tell about events in the TIME order in which they occurred.
Chronological Order
Authors use this structure to describe the correct SEQUENCE of steps in a process.
Sequential Order
This purpose is usually light hearted and fun. It it generally to amuse or captivate a reader by telling a story or describing characters, places, or events
What structure is used for a book that talks the dangers of bullying, then offers a way to combat that problem?
Problem and Solution
a text written about a person by someone else
Biography
Authors use this structure to present their points in order from most to least important or from least to most important.
Order of Importance
Authors use this structure to identify a problem and offer solutions about how to solve it.
Problem and solution
This purpose is to educate the reader with facts about a topic in an objective and unbiased way
Inform
What structure is used for a text that talks about the effects of smoking?
Cause and Effect
Which of these is NOT an informational text feature?
graphs, specialized vocabulary, pages, facts, statistics, interviews, and journal entries
Pages
Authors use this structure to explain how or why something happened.
Cause and Effect
Authors use this structure to compare and contrast two or more things.
Compare and Contrast
This purpose is to convince the reader to agree with their opinion or take a specific action
Persuade
What structure is used for a text that speak about the similarities and differences of The United States and Canada?
Compare and Contrast
are texts written by a person about their own life and experiences
True or False?
Only 1 organizational pattern is used within the same text.
False.
a writer may use more than one organizational pattern within the same text.
True or False?
Analyzing the structure of an informational text helps the reader understand who write the article.
False
Analyzing the structure of an informational text helps the reader understand how facts and details are related and determine the key, or controlling, idea.
True or False?
Every piece of writing has an author's purpose?
True.
Every piece of writing has a purpose to entertain, to persuade, or to inform.
This structure is used to speak about the timeline of Lebron James' basketball career.
Chronological Order