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Informative and Explanatory Texts

Informative and Explanatory Texts. Words of the week. Definition. Informative Text . . . informs the reader about the natural world or about society has different formats including books, magazines, handouts, brochures, CD-ROMs, and the Internet Also informational text

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Informative and Explanatory Texts

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  1. Informative and Explanatory Texts Words of the week

  2. Definition • Informative Text . . . • informs the reader about the natural world or about society • has different formats including books, magazines, handouts, brochures, CD-ROMs, and the Internet • Also informational text • Explanatory Text . . . • is written to explain how or why something happens • describes the phenomenon with an explanatory sequence • Also explanatory text

  3. Informative/Explanatory Texts • Synonyms: • educational • useful • helpful • illuminating • Antonyms: • non-instructive • useless and unhelpful

  4. Informative & Explanatory Texts • are formatted with headings and subheadings

  5. Informative/Explanatory Texts • Makes use of formatting, such as . . .

  6. Explanatory Text Structure for the topic of Dreams Why do we dream? How do we dream? Definition of a dream: Components/parts of a dream:

  7. Informative/Explanatory Texts Remember that informative and explanatory texts . . . are meant to be instructive are smaller categories of nonfiction have special formatting to organize the text

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