Informational Text Skills

When it comes to writing, define "audience".

• the readers for whom the text is written

• a group of people listening at a concert

• someone random who is reading the text

• the reason the text is written

What is the definition of author's purpose?

• the meaning of life

• a Justin Bieber album

• the reason the text is written

• the reader the text is intended for

Who is the most likely audience when writing a movie review?

• The film’s director and producer

• People interested in watching the movie

• Actors and actresses

• People who have already seen the film

Which is NOT one of the 3 main author's purposes?

• To entertain

• To persuade

• To mock

• To inform

Which of these text's has the primary author's purpose of "to persuade"?

• The manual for the new IPhone

• A commercial for the new IPhone

• A social media post made with a photo taken on a new IPhone

• An article about the history of IPhones

What is a text structure?

• The way an author organizes information

• The things an author adds to a text for emphasis or extra information

• The reason the author wrote the text

• The readers the author wrote the text for

Which text structure would you use to explain the history of the IPhone?

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

• description

• sequence

Which text structure would you use to explain why Android is better than IPhone?

• sequence

• description

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

What is a text feature?

• The way an author organizes information

• The things an author adds to a text for emphasis or extra information

• The reason the author wrote the text

• The readers the author wrote the text for

Which of these is NOT an example of a text feature?

• captions

• images

• paragraphs

• headings