WorksheetsInformative Text
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
An author writing in order to convince readers of something
Informative
Persuasive
Declarative
Entertainment
A picture or chart meant to add meaning to the text
Pull quote
Infomercial
Graphic
Annotation
An annotation is...
A chart or graph
Giving credit for information that isn't yours
A note to the reader to give them information they might not know
A quote pulled out to emphasize a point
A pull quote is a...
Piece of another text being cited
Piece of the same text being emphasized
Piece of a different text being emphasized
Chart
Scientists tell us that 90% of statistics are made up on the spot.
Fact
Opinion
If the source is reliable, readers can believe what it says without evaluating.
True
False
An author's purpose for writing might be...
to entertain
to persuade
to inform
"Many dedicated students think they can divide their attention in the classroom without harming their academic success – but we found an insidious effect on exam performance and final grades," Dr. Glass said in the release. "To help manage the use of devices in the classroom, teachers should explain to students the damaging effect of distractions on retention – not only on themselves, but for the whole class."
The author's purpose in this article is probably...
To persuade
To entertain
To inform
To misconstrue
"The team soon assembled for an all-day ideation session at Taco Bell headquarters, where 30 different product concepts were considered, Perdue says, including new forms of burritos, nachos, and taquitos. But one idea, from Doritos-maker Frito-Lay, stuck out: a Doritos-based taco shell pocketed with Taco Bell ingredients."
The author's purpose here is probably...
to communicate
to inform
to entertain
to motivate
"Census numbers determine where $1.5 trillion in federal spending goes and how congressional seats are distributed among the states. "
What addition would best fit adding meaning to the piece?
Using it as a pull quote
Adding a graphic showing congressional seats per state
Adding an annotation for "federal spending"
A graphic showing what congress members look like
"A man must be far gone in Utopian speculations who can seriously doubt that, if these States should either be wholly disunited, or only united in partial confederacies, the subdivisions into which they might be thrown would have frequent and violent contests with each other."
The author's purpose here is probably to...
Entertain
Persuade
Inform
Speculate
To represent the statistic, "8 out of 100 students want a goldfish for president; 20 want a golden retriever; 13 want Kyle", which would be appropriate?
A pie chart graphic
A picture of a goldfish
A pull quote from Kyle
A pull quote from the goldfish
Which of these is used to organize information?
A pull quote
A graphic
An annotation
A text box
"When you look at a reconstruction of the skull and brain of Neoepiblema acreensis, it’s hard to shake the feeling that something’s not quite right."
What should be added to the sentence for the best clarity?
A pull quote: "it’s hard to shake the feeling that something’s not quite right."
A citation for "reconstruction"
An annotation for "Neoepiblema acreensis"
No change
Which of the following is normally written to persuade?
Songs
Poems
Advertisements
News articles
