Informational Writing What is it Definition Nonfiction text
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Informational Writing What is it?
Definition: • Nonfiction text (real, not just “realistic”) • Used to inform or explain something to the reading audience • Many different types…
Examples of informational texts: • Newspapers - a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
Examples of informational texts: • Biographies – accounts of the series of events of a person’s life (not Bibliographies) • Autobiographies – biographies of yourself
Examples of informational texts: • Almanacs - annual publications of weather forecasts and other information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
Examples of informational texts: • Magazines - periodic publications containing pictures, stories, and articles of interest to those who purchase or subscribe to it QUESTION: Are ALL Magazines informational? ? • NO! …at least not all sections
Examples of informational texts: • Is this an informational text?
Let’s see if it fits our requirements… • Is it used to inform • YES! or explain something to the reading audience? • No, BUT… it uses • Is it nonfiction? fiction to portray fact
Is it informational? YES!!
Examples of informational texts: • Is this an informational text?
Let’s see if it fits our requirements… • Is it used to inform • Yes or explain something to the reading audience? • Is it nonfiction? • NO!!
Is it informational? NO!!
How is an informational text different from other writing? • Informational writing is factual while fiction writing is not. • Informational writing is written to inform or explain something while fictional writing often is a story conveying an authors point of view or is written simply to entertain.
How is informational text similar to other types of writing? • Just as in fictional writing, it is important to consider your audience • Just as in fictional writing, it is important to have a focused purpose to your writing
Let’s look at some examples!
- Informational text definition
- What is nonfiction
- Faulty reasoning in an expository text
- Information writing example
- Text _____ in a nonfiction text is its organization.
- What is an example of a text-to-media connection?
- Informative texts definition
- Types of informational text
- Structure of informational text
- Rhetorical tools
- Denotation of a dog
- Anticipation guide examples
- Chapter 2 reading informational text answer key
- Nonfiction text examples
- What is a consumer document how is it an informational text
- Summary of informational text