USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Instead, the primary purpose of informational text is to educate the reader about a specific topic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The primary purpose of texts that are written to inform is to enlighten the reader or provide the reader with information about a topic.

Detailed explanation-3: -The purpose of a text is simply the writer’s reason for writing. Many texts have more than one purpose, but usually one will stand out as primary. Readers have the job of determining the purpose or purposes of a text and understanding why the writer is writing and what the writer wants the reader to do with the text.

Detailed explanation-4: -Five Basic Informational Text Structures compare/contrast. cause/effect. sequence/timeline. problem/solution.

Detailed explanation-5: -refers to how the information within a written text is organized. This strategy helps students understand that a text might present a main idea and details; a cause and then its effects; and/or different views of a topic.