Informative Text

An author's purpose for writing might be...

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to inform

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

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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

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

A picture or chart meant to add meaning to the text

• Pull quote

• Infomercial

• Graphic

• Annotation

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

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

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which of these is used to organize information?

• A pull quote

• A graphic

• An annotation

• A text box

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of an informative text ?

• To entertain

• To give information

• To persuade

• To give answers

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Select the answers that are informative texts.

• Dictionaries

• Poems

• Stories

• Dramas

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which one sounds like it would be an informative text?

• The Magical Moon Adventures of Henry the Honeybee

• Honeybees: The Big Book of Facts

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5