The Purpose of Informational Text

How is informational text different from your novels?

The purpose of fiction is to:

Helps me to identify and locate key topics in the text.

Helps me to understand unfamiliar words found in the text.

Helps me to find the exact page of every important idea, term, person, event, or place.

Help me to understand concepts through labeled, graphic representations.

Help me to read data quickly to summarize and compare information.

Help me to see where things are located.

Help me to see the timing of events in sequential (series or steps) order.

Help me to identify topics throughout the text and locate information as I skim and scan.

Help me understand the key points.

Help me to further understand the text by giving me additional information.

Help me to understand a photo or an illustration or to identify the parts in an illustration.

Help me to notice important words. Types of print are emphatic devices