Informational Text
1.) What is informational text?
~~~~~~Informational Text is giver you information from the book, facts, and it is real/ fake depending on the book the readers are reading
2.) How is informational text different from literature or literary text? Compare/Contrast informational text to literary text - Provide an example in your compare/contrast diagram, paragraph, etc. (your choice)
~~~~~~Informational Text is different from literature or literary text because informational text gives you information from the book you are reading, literature is real and non- fiction, and literary is fake and make believe.
3.) What are text features?
~~~~~~Text features are features that could help the reader understand the book they are reading more better so they don't have a hard time understanding it.
4.) Skim through "Phineas Gage" and identify the text features reviewed in class and included in this informational text. Use the listed features to help you identify them in the text. Once you have identified the features in the text note the page number. In addition, provide an explanation/purpose of the feature and how it helps the reader. NOTE: Not all features reviewed in class are included in "Phineas Gage." In this case, define the purpose of the feature, no page numbers are necessary.
An example has been provided for you.
~~~~~~Informational Text is giver you information from the book, facts, and it is real/ fake depending on the book the readers are reading
2.) How is informational text different from literature or literary text? Compare/Contrast informational text to literary text - Provide an example in your compare/contrast diagram, paragraph, etc. (your choice)
~~~~~~Informational Text is different from literature or literary text because informational text gives you information from the book you are reading, literature is real and non- fiction, and literary is fake and make believe.
3.) What are text features?
~~~~~~Text features are features that could help the reader understand the book they are reading more better so they don't have a hard time understanding it.
4.) Skim through "Phineas Gage" and identify the text features reviewed in class and included in this informational text. Use the listed features to help you identify them in the text. Once you have identified the features in the text note the page number. In addition, provide an explanation/purpose of the feature and how it helps the reader. NOTE: Not all features reviewed in class are included in "Phineas Gage." In this case, define the purpose of the feature, no page numbers are necessary.
An example has been provided for you.
- Guide Words - Page 13 etc. - Points out specific words to show that they are important
- Title Page - Page 1 - Has the Title of the book, Author of the book, and the publisher
- Table of Contents - N/A - Where you can find chapters
- Index - Page 82-86 - Tells you information/ words in the book
- Glossary - Page 76-79 - Tells you the definition of unknown words in the book
- Heading, Subheading - Page 23 etc - Tells you what the chapter is about
- Keywords - Page 19, 20 etc. - Tells you important words
- Photographs/Illustrations - Page 16-17, etc. - Helps the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside. Gives the reader an image to support the information provided in the text.
- Captions - Page 5,7,12 etc. - Tells you what the picture is about or what the picture is doing
- Diagrams - Page 28, 29 etc. - Explains what the thingy is and Labels the thingys
- Labels - Page 28, 29 - Points at a specific part of an object and descibes the object
- Text box - 6, 12 - A brief desciption of something
- Map - N/A - Where different things are
- Special Print (bold, italics, highlighted text) - 73 etc. - Important wordz
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