“Autonomous University of

Guerrero”

English 2

TEAM 11

Teacher: Marilu Valle Torres

CIVIL 201

Informative Text
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• The informative text is the one that provides knowledge about an event, subject or topic.
• It is usually found in newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias or manuals.
• The main function of an informative text is to inform, to make something known.
• It presents a real event in the most objective way possible, and contains organized, clear and well-
explained ideas.
• They are characterized by describing real situations, with a simple and concise language, and a
vocabulary appropriate to the theme of the text, so that all types of readers can understand it.
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• Veracity: The main characteristic of an informative text is its veracity, that is, that the facts are real and can be
verified.
• Clarity: Clarity in a text implies the use of language that is easy to understand for anyone who has access to the
information, without using vulgar language.
• Precision: It refers to the use of the most appropriate words to communicate a fact, disregarding
redundancies, ambiguities or confusing words that hinder the understanding of the text.
• Brevity: Brevity requires the use of short sentences and paragraphs, this does not mean that the comprehension,
coherence or quality of the informative text should be sacrificed.
• Density: Density refers to the richness of information in the displayed data. In an informative text, each
sentence must be there for a reason, it has to add value.
• Impersonality: This means avoiding the use of the first person (I) and instead resorting to the third
person (he, she, it), unless it is a direct quote.
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• Introduction: here the essential data of the described event is shown and the need
for information of the reader or user is satisfied in a specific way.
• Development: in this part complementary data are added that have not been
mentioned in the introduction and that serve to expand the information.
• Closing: the least relevant information is displayed here. If the closing of an
informative text were to be dispensed with, the content does not lose meaning.
 Types
• Informative.
They are a type of informative text
in which a topic of general interest
is exposed. It is characterized by
using a vocabulary accessible to all
types of audiences; In this way, the
information reaches the largest
possible number of people.
• News.
• School books.
• Informative brochures.
• Encyclopedias.
• Biographies.
• Common appliance instruction
manuals.
• Cooking recipe.
• Dictionary entry.
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• Specialized.
These types of informative texts are
characterized by dealing with a
topic aimed at a specific audience,
which handles a certain level of
knowledge and shares a technical or
academic vocabulary.
• Technical reports.
• Procedure manuals.
• Scientific articles.
• Thesis.
• Industrial machinery instruction
manuals.
• Financial or accounting
information.
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