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Informational Text Notes
Informational Text a.k.a. _________________________________
Purpose: to convey ________________________________ about a _______________________________ from
someone _________________________________ about that information to someone less knowledgeable
about the topic.
Facts, statistics, _______________________ information
_________________________________ or gives the audience _________________________ on a specific topic
A.k.a. expository or informative writing
Examples:
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Characteristics of an Informational Text:
1. _______________________________________________________________
What is the
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Evidence supports purpose with facts, statistics, examples, etc.
Three different kinds of purposes when addressing an audience:
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What type of ______________________ does the author use? Is this evidence _______________________?
2. _________________________________________________________________________
Do you ___________________________________the author?
Have they had ____________________________________________ about the topic?
Are they ____________________________________________________?
3. _______________________________________________________________
______________________ is the author talking to or writing for?
_______________________ can you assume about the audience?
Is the audience ___________________? How ______________________ is the audience?
4. Specific ____________________________ (aka _________________________________)
Denotation – ____________________________________________
_________________________: “Animals are killed for food.”
Connotation – ___________________________________________
_________________________: “The Falcon’s basketball team slaughtered WWS.”
What words really jump out and are ________________________________?
Does the author need to _______________________certain words for the ____________________________?
How does this ___________________ contribute to the ___________ or emotional feeling of the text?
5. __________________________________
Tone:
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Expressed through _____________________________________
Two categories of tone: _________________________________ or _________________________________.
Objective Tone:
Objective tone is _______________________________
______________________________ show feelings, and is
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Does not use ___________________________________ such as “I and You”
Examples:
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Subjective tone:
Subjective tone is _____________________________________________________________
Characteristic of __________________________________________________writing
Author writes to evoke an _____________________________ within the audience
Author uses words that describe ___________________________________________________________
Example: _________________________________________________