Understanding Text Types and Purposes

Understanding Text Types and Purposes

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

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The video tutorial discusses various types of texts, including informational, narrative, procedural, and argumentative texts. Each type is explained with its purpose, structure, and examples. Informational texts aim to provide information, narrative texts tell stories, procedural texts give instructions, and argumentative texts present arguments. The video concludes with a review and quiz to test understanding.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of an informational text?

To argue a point of view

To instruct on how to perform a task

To provide information on a specific topic

To entertain the reader

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of an informational text?

A research assignment

A novel

A recipe

A poem

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main goal of a narrative text?

To provide factual information

To entertain and tell a story

To instruct on a procedure

To present an argument

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a narrative text?

A novel

A biography

A short story

A newspaper article

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a narrative text, if the narrator is a character in the story, what is this called?

Omniscient narration

Second person narration

First person narration

Third person narration

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which text type is primarily used to entertain and tell a story?

Informational text

Argumentative text

Narrative text

Procedural text

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a common feature of narrative texts?

They argue a point of view

They include a series of events

They present factual information

They provide step-by-step instructions

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