Informational Texts

What is the purpose of an informational text?

• To inform or teach the reader

• To make the reader cry

• To tell a story

• To introduce the reader to new characters

Informational texts include text features... (like bolded words, captions under photographs, headings, etc.)

• True

• False

Which are the following are text features?

• Table of Contents

• Titles

• Underlined words

• All of the above

What is the definition of author's purpose?

• Images that are created in the readers mind

• A statement that describes how someone feels or thinks

• The reason an author writes a text

• Two words combined to make one word

In an informational text, images help show the author's purpose...

• True

• False

What is a patchwork quilt?

• A type of sheet

• Pieces of cloth sewn together in patterns

• A colorful tablecloth