Informational v. Literary Texts

A literary text can be described as...

• a fictional (made up) story

• a story based on a true event

• a story typed on a typewriter

• a made up story with true life characters

True or False: Literary Texts include plot elements such as setting, characters, climax, or rising actions.

• False

• True

An informational text can be described as...

• a fictional story that follows a traditional plot line with beginning, middle and end

• a biographical story about the author's life

• non-fiction texts (based on true story) used to teach, inform, and explain real things, people, or topics

• a text that is made of only images

True or False: Informational texts DO NOT have a beginning, middle or end.

• False

• True

What kind of text features do informational texts contain?

• what's a text feature?

• Chapters, Table of Contents, Title Page

• No text, all pictures

• Headings, Subheadings, Captions, Photographs, Illustrations, Diagrams, Graphs

Which of the following are indicators that help you identify a "Key Word" in an informational text?

• Key words are often bolded, italicized, underlined or highlighted in colors

• Key words have a key symbol next to them

• Key words are inserted into my brain by the key word gods before I read

• Key words are explained at the beginning of the chapter

Select all the following examples of literary texts:

• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

• The Dictionary

• Pete The Cat

• Percy Jackson: The Lightening Thief

Select all of the following characteristics that you can find in an informational text:

• diagrams and lables

• illustrations and photographs

• a beginning, middle and end

• bold, italic and colored key words

Select the following characteristics you can find in a literary text:

• characters and settings

• a beginning, middle and end

• diagrams and lables

• keywords: bold, italic or colored

Informational texts help readers...

• learn, or explain new information

• imagine a story in their heads

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• visualize images of setting and characters