Informational Texts

Which 3 are examples of informational texts?

• newspaper article

• travel blog post

• short story

• a gardening magazine article

• a Greek myth

Select any examples of an author’s purpose.

• persuade/convince

• inform

• entertain

• express their feelings/ideas/experiences

• Describe

If someone wrote an article about how to meditate and why you should try it, what would we say is the author’s two-part purpose?

• describe & entertain

• explain & express

• describe & express

• explain & persuade

If someone wrote a personal story for a magazine about their funny, wild, adventures in Brazil, what is most likely the author’s main purpose?

• persuade

• describe

• entertain

• express

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Another name for the main idea of a text is…

• topic sentence

• central idea

• hook

• evidence

Informational texts may include fictional characters.

• True

• False

Identify the author's purpose:

The rain barrel was about 40” tall and could hold more than fifty gallons of water. It was reddish-brown in color, similar to the color of adobe. The top was sloped into a narrow opening and a spigot protruded near the bottom where a hose could be attached.

• inform
• describe
• entertain
• explain

Identify the author's purpose:

Nothing to do tonight? Why not see a play? The theater is alive and well, and tickets are available. Call the ticket hotline now and reserve your seats.

• persuade
• inform
• describe
• explain

Identify the author's purpose:

In a recent survey of parents of children in grades 1-8, more than half of the parents agreed that students are overburdened with homework. These parents favored mandating less homework in local schools.

• persuade
• describe
• explain
• inform

Identify the author's purpose:

Lewis stared at the blank screen. Dead. His computer was dead. “I have to finish my paper tonight,” he thought, as panic slowly sunk in. “How am I going to do that?” Lewis’s mind raced. He tried to think of how he could get his work done. His little sister wandered by. “How long will it be?” she asked. Lewis looked at her blankly. “Until the power comes back?” she said. Lewis sighed with relief.

• Persuade
• Inform
• entertain
• describe