INFORMATIONAL TEXT

What is informational text?

 Is a subset of the larger category of nonfiction (Duke & Bennete – Armistead, 2003). Its primary
purpose is to inform the reader about the natural or social world.
 It has specialized language characteristics such as general nouns and timeless verbs that are not common
in other genres.

Example:

“Dog Bark”, “Some sea snakes are quite deadly;” or “Apples can be red, yellow, or even green!”

 Authors of informational text employ a variety of structures to assist the reader in finding information
quickly and efficiently.
 Some examples of types of informational text include cause and effect books, “all about…” books,
question-and-answer books and most reference texts.

What informational text is NOT?

 A biography
 A procedural text (such as cook books or craft direction)
 A joke book
 A text with characters

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

Informational text should be easy to find its sequence of events. We read from left to right, from top to
bottom. So, we expect information to follow the same order, beginning, middle, then end.

TYPES OF SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

 Chronological Sequence – text that provide information is a chronological sequence are generally easy
to follow as they are similar to stories. Within the text you will find phrases like „first this happens, and
then…‟ or „these events are followed by…‟
 Instructional Sequence – tells the reader the exact order in which the information being presented should
be performed. Authors of this kind of informational text usually indicate this sequence by numbering
each instruction so that the reader does not miss any of the instructions.
 Foundational Sequence – as you read informational text in this pattern, your author assumed you learned
and remembered information from previous text or chapters as the foundation of what you have learned.
In those, you will find phrases like „in the previous chapter, you learned‟ or „In our next topic, you will
learn how to…‟ These phrases will tell you the order the author assumes you need to learn this
information.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Cause and Effect is a common way to organize information in a text. Paragraphs structured as cause and
effects explain reasons why something happened or the effects of something. These paragraphs can be ordered
as causes and effects or as effect and cause.

PHILIPPINE LITERATURE DURING AMERICAN & JAPANESE PERIOD

AMERICAN PERIOD IN 1910

 A new group started to write in English

 Hence, Spanish, Tagalog, the Vernaculars and finally, English were the mediums used in literature
during these times.
 The writers in English

Examples:
 Many people think that they can get sick by going into cold weather improperly dressed; however,
illnesses are not caused by temperature- they are caused by germs. So, while shivering outside in the cold wont
strengthen your immune system, you‟re more likely to contract an illness indoors because you will have greater
exposure to germs.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

CAUSE

People are exposed to germs.

EFFECT

People get sick.

People don’t dress properly for

the weather.