Reading/Analysis of Informational Texts

What genre is informational text?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Fantasy

• Fiction-Non

What type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

• Chronological

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

What type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

• Chronological

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

Why do we study non-fiction text structure?

• We try to understand the lesson the author has learned.

• To learn how to gain information from reading factual information.

• All stories have different characters and settings.

• Because teachers like to bore us.

Which type of text structure describes events in sequential order?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Sequence

• Descriptive

Summaries should include

• a lot of details
• the main idea
• your own opinions

What makes something non-fiction?

• REAL things, people, events
• complex writing
• lengthy writing
• unicorns

When the author gives you information about a topic, the purpose is:

• to entertain
• to persuade
• to inform

Words that appear under a photograph to give the reader information about the picture are called...

• Headings

• Captions

• Subheadings

• Labels

An expository text is a fancy name for....

• An informational text

• A literary story

• A fictional text

• A novel