| A | B |
|---|
| descriptive | describes a topic and its characteristics |
| compare and contrast | explains how things are different or the same |
| order/sequence | gives event in order of when they happened |
| cause and effect | author tells what happened and why |
| problem and solution | author introduces a problem and explains how to solve it |
| purpose of informational text | to inform the reader |
| thesis | the central idea for an entire text that is expressed in one or two sentences |
| evidence | information that supports a thesis |
| organizational structure | the way in which a writer organizes the ideas in a text |
