information text

Literature

2022

We explain what an informative text is, its structure, types and other characteristics. Also, examples and other types of texts.

The informative text tries to be objective, it does not include arguments or opinions.

What is an informational text?

An informational text or expositive text it's a piece of language writing that serves to transmit information to the receiver. Offers data, descriptions of the reality, of certain facts or any other type of information whose purpose is to transmit a knowledge.

This type of texts They are easy to recognize, given that it imparts concrete, punctual, often real and objective information, without involving opinions, arguments or points of view, nor by resorting to the construction of a story. We use informational texts on a daily basis and in practically every sphere of our lives.

Characteristics of an informational text

Broadly speaking, an informative text is characterized by:

  • Have the purpose of transmitting information, that is, of sharing or disseminating data, facts, descriptions, etc.
  • Do not involve any kind of argumentation, opinion or strategy conviction, and therefore not explicitly influence the recipient's personal position.
  • Use technical or informative language, as the case may be, to refer to the information in such a way that the recipient can understand and appropriate it.
  • Employ strategies rhetoric or objectively expository, that is, with the sole purpose of facilitating the receiver's understanding.

Informational text types

The informative texts have a language accessible to everyone.

Depending on the language that the informational texts use, we may distinguish between:

  • Informative texts. When they have a language accessible to everyone, without the need for previous studies or preparations. They are texts for "anyone". For example, reports press releases or descriptions of a series or movie from a catalog.
  • Specialized texts. When they respond to a specific type of reader, with a preparation and / or previous knowledge, necessary to be able to access the information contained in the text. They handle a technical or academic language. For example, a scientific article or a university degree thesis.

Structure of an informational text

Generally, informative texts tend to simplicity, so that their structure is usually very conventional, in three parts:

  • Introduction or preface. Where the reader is provided with all the necessary contextual information so that he can delve into the subject in question, terms are clarified, the purpose of the text that he will read is explained, in short, he is given the opportunity to know a little what that awaits you ahead.
  • Developing or content. Where the bulk of the information in the text resides, that is, where the ideas and data that you want to transmit to the receiver are exposed in a clear and organized way.
  • Close or conclusion. Where a resume Of the most important of what has been read, the central considerations are highlighted and / or the reader is offered a final overview of the subject.

Informational Text Examples

Encyclopedic articles are informational texts.

Some online examples of informational texts are as follows:

  • Journalistic report: "The Bundesliga resumption date was confirmed: this will be the schedule of matches in the return of football to Germany" (Informative-informative text).
  • Instructions for use: "How to use the fire extinguisher correctly?" (Informative-informative text).
  • Biographical note: "History and biography of Mike Tyson" (informative-informative text).
  • Encyclopedic article: “Heliopause” (Informative-specialized text).
  • Medical article: "Recommendations for the measurement of the QT interval during the use of drugs for the treatment of Covid-19 infection" (Informative-specialized text).
  • Scientific article: "Introduction to neutrino oscillations" (Informative-specialized text).

Other types of texts

In addition to what has already been seen, there are the following types of text, depending on their purpose or purpose:

  • Argumentative texts. Their purpose is to convince or persuade the receiver to adopt a point of view, an opinion or act in a desired way. This type of text uses persuasion or seduction strategies, such as advertising texts or instruction catalogs.
  • Narrative texts. Whose objective it is telling something, that is, establishing a story of some kind, fictional or not. To do this, they use various rhetorical strategies, such as the generation of suspense, to capture the attention of the other, and require the construction of a narrative voice (narrator). It is the case of Chronicles, the jokes or the journalistic reports.
  • Expository texts. Which are just another name for the same informational texts.
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