Identifying Types of Informative Texts

Descriptive informative texts describe people, places, events, ideas, or objects.

Examples: news articles, travel brochures, resumes, etc.

This informative text informs you on the sequence and order of events, a person’s life, and processes (step on how to do something).

Examples: biographies, recipes, manuals, historical texts, how-to texts/videos, etc.

This informative text gives you similarities and differences between two people, objects, places, events, or ideas.

Examples: Articles that compare/contrast products , people, places events, or ideas

This informative text gives you information on the effects or consequences of one event occurring.

Examples: Experiments, historical texts, scientific journals, etc.

This informative text introduces a problem and provides experts’ solutions on how to solve the problem.

Example: Scientific articles how to solve world issues, medical journal on how to treat conditions, etc.