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Informational Text - Genre Characteristics and Structures

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

________ is how an author organizes the text.

a)

Author's purpose

b)

Text feature

c)

Main idea

d)

Text structure

2.

Informational text

a)

is fictional information.

b)

informs the reader about many topics.

c)

persuades an audience with rhetorical appeals.

d)

all of the above

3.

The ___________ is what the text is mostly about.

a)

genre

b)

purpose

c)

main idea

4.

Informational text---

a)

is fictional

b)

is biased and subjective

c)

informs or educates an audience

d)

has no text structures

5.

Why would an article include illustrations?

a)

To expand and clarify the meaning of a particular text.

b)

To create humor.

c)

To engage the reader.

d)

To include a visual component.

6.

_______ are a type of literature that is _____, and presents information in order to ______ or educate an audience.

a)

nonfiction, informational text, persuade

b)

literature, nonfiction, informational text

c)

Informational texts, nonfiction, inform

d)

informational texts, nonfiction, persuade

7.

Select three types of informational texts:

a)

Article

b)

Graphic Novel

c)

Essay

d)

Biography

e)

Short Story

8.

What are text features?

a)

Sensory language that helps a reader visualize the story.

b)

Intentional design features of informational text like a table of contents, pictures, or footnotes that help a reader understand.

9.

Which of the following are examples of text features:

a)

Titles

b)

Footnotes

c)

Glossary

d)

Pictures

e)

Figurative language

10.

What text structure does this image represent?

a)

Cause/Effect

b)

Compare/Contrast

c)

Problem/Solution

11.

What text structure does this image represent?

a)

Descriptive

b)

Sequence

c)

Compare/Contrast

d)

Problem/Solution

12.

What text structure does this image represent?

a)

Sequence

b)

Problem Solution

c)

Cause/Effect

d)

Description

13.

What text structure does this image represent?

a)

Sequence

b)

Compare/Contrast

c)

Cause/Effect

d)

Description