Informative texts and its characteristics

Informative texts and its characteristics

1. What are informative texts?

   • It is the type of text that offers data, definitions, descriptions of phenomena or details about a fact. They are those that offer new additional knowledge that enrich what is already known.

2. characteristics of informative texts

   • They are extensive answers to basic questions: What is...?, WHO...?, What does it mean...?, What happened...?, How does it work...?, How is it done...?, etc.
   • It offers facts about reality, physical and chemical phenomena, history, sports, entertainment, almost any topic.
   • Its basic structure is: introduction (it presents and defines the general terms about the information), development (it describes its main characteristics, definition or description of the subject) and finally the conclusion.
   • The language must be clear, formal and objective since it is not a literary text.

3. How to make an informative text?

   • An informative text has to be truthful, objective and accurate to achieve that you have to follow the following rules.
     • 1.- Define the topic to be discussed.
     • 2.- Identify the basic question you want to answer on this topic.
     • 3.- Look for sources that will help you to have information about it.

4. Main types of informative text

   • Journalistic: They offer data on current events in areas such as politics, culture, entertainment, economy, sports or security.
     • Encyclopedias
   • Scientific:They offer information about real phenomena, the result of research.
     • Examples of informative texts
       • Magazines
       • Newspapers
       • School books and cookbooks