Informational Texts

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What genre is an informational text?

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non-fictiom

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What is the author’s two-part purpose in an article about how to meditate and why you should try it? Options: describe & entertain, explain & express, describe & express, explain & persuade.

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explain & persuade

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What is most likely the author’s main purpose if someone wrote a personal story for a magazine about their funny, wild adventures in Brazil?

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entertain

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Another name for the Controlling Idea of a text is...

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main idea

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Examples of the 5 organizational patterns authors use: cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, chronological order. Which one is NOT an example?

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exposition to resolution

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What is the purpose of the passage about the rain barrel? Options: inform, describe, entertain, explain

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describe

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What is the purpose of the message: "Nothing to do tonight? Why not see a play? The theater is alive and well, and tickets are available. Call the ticket hotline now and reserve your seats." Options: persuade, inform, describe, explain

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persuade

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In a recent survey of parents of children in grades 1-8, more than half of the parents agreed that students are overburdened with homework. These parents favored mandating less homework in local schools.

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inform

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What is the purpose of the passage about Lewis and his computer? Options: Persuade, Inform, entertain, describe

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entertain

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What is the purpose of the passage: Christopher and Lena splashed through the puddles, laughing at the fat raindrops that fell from the sky. Lena remember a song she’d learned in preschool and began to sing, “It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring…” Options: persuade, inform, explain, entertain

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entertain