Comparing Texts — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A narrative text tells a story with a beginning, middle, and end.
Narratives follow a story arc that moves through a beginning (setup), middle (conflict), and end (resolution) to tell a complete story.
2. An informational text is organized around main ideas and supporting details.
Informational texts present a main idea and then back it up with supporting details like facts, statistics, and examples.
3. A narrative about the rainforest might follow a character on an adventure, while an informational text would explain the rainforest's plants and animals.
A narrative uses characters and adventure to explore the rainforest, while an informational text directly describes its plants and animals with factual detail.
4. Narratives use characters to describe people in the story, while informational texts present subject matter directly.
Narratives bring topics to life through characters whose experiences the reader follows, while informational texts present the subject matter directly without a storyline.
5. Informational texts often include text features like headings, captions, and diagrams.
Text features like headings, captions, and diagrams help readers locate and understand information quickly, which is why they are common in informational writing.
6. A narrative builds toward a climax, which is the most exciting part of the story.
The climax is the turning point where tension is highest and the main conflict reaches its peak before the story moves toward resolution.
7. Comparing a story and an article on the same subject shows how genre affects the way information is shared.
Genre shapes everything from word choice to structure, so comparing a story and an article on the same subject reveals how the format itself changes the reader's experience.
8. Dialogue is a feature common in narrative texts but rarely found in informational texts.
Dialogue lets characters speak directly and reveals personality and emotion, which is why it appears in narrative texts but almost never in informational writing.
9. Both narrative and informational texts can teach readers something new, but they use different methods to do so.
Narratives teach through storytelling and character experiences, while informational texts teach through facts and explanations -- different methods, but both effective.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
"The explorer pushed through vines and discovered the hidden temple"
→ narrative text using action
informational text using statistics
"The Amazon rainforest covers 5.5 million square kilometers"
→ informational text using statistics
narrative text using dialogue
"Maria whispered to her brother, 'We have to cross the river before dark'"
→ narrative text using dialogue
informational text using data
"Deforestation destroys approximately 17% of the Amazon every decade"
→ informational text using data
narrative text using action
Correct matches: "The explorer pushed through vines and discovered the hidden temple" → narrative text using action; "The Amazon rainforest covers 5.5 million square kilometers" → informational text using statistics; "Maria whispered to her brother, 'We have to cross the river before dark'" → narrative text using dialogue; "Deforestation destroys approximately 17% of the Amazon every decade" → informational text using data.