This medium-level worksheet has students fill in blanks, and match items from two columns to practice comparing texts skills.
It includes 10 questions across 2 sections for focused practice.
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Comparing Texts
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.
2. An informational text is organized around main ideas and supporting details.
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.
4. Narratives use characters to describe people in the story, while informational texts present subject matter directly.
5. Informational texts often include text features like headings, captions, and diagrams.
6. A narrative builds toward a climax, which is the most exciting part of the story.
7. Comparing a story and an article on the same subject shows how genre affects the way information is shared.
8. Dialogue is a feature common in narrative texts but rarely found in informational texts.
9. Both narrative and informational texts can teach readers something new, but they use different methods to do so.
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
Comparing Texts
★ 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.
2) An informational text is organized around main ideas and supporting details.
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.
4) Narratives use characters to describe people in the story, while informational texts present subject matter directly.
5) Informational texts often include text features like headings, captions, and diagrams.
6) A narrative builds toward a climax, which is the most exciting part of the story.
7) Comparing a story and an article on the same subject shows how genre affects the way information is shared.
8) Dialogue is a feature common in narrative texts but rarely found in informational texts.
9) Both narrative and informational texts can teach readers something new, but they use different methods to do so.
★ 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
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10 Questions
10-15 minutes
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