On Children’s Day in 1999, a technology company treated more than 200 underprivileged children to a ‘high-tech’ experience. They fell that the skills the children had would be useful to them when they grew up. The company was very active in caring for the less fortunate.

6. The definition of factual is true or concerned with actual details or information rather than ideas or feelings about it. A claim that it was 20 degrees yesterday is an example of something that is factual as long as it is true. Statistics on weather over the past five years is an example of factual information.

A factual recount is an objective recount of a true event by someone not personally involved in the situation. Its purpose is either to inform, entertain or both.

Factual texts inform, instruct or persuade by giving facts and information. Literary texts entertain or elicit an emotional response by using language to create mental images. Students are often asked to present an assignment or project which may be one of these text types.

Factual texts inform the reader about a particular subject. They should give useful information and focus on facts. Examples of factual texts are news reports, interviews, recipes, records of history, instructions, FAQs, etc. Read the text and fill in the gaps.

• Types of Informational Text.
• Text structures.
• Descriptive or definition.
• Problem-Solution.
• Sequence/Time.
• Comparison-Contrast.
• Cause-Effect.

Informational texts are nonfiction, factual writings. This is different from other nonfiction that may share a process, tell a biography, or retell an event. While informational texts are a type of nonfiction, they do have unique qualities that make them easy to identify through organizational features and structure.

Analytical exposition text has a communicative purpose just like any other text. The purpose is to persuade the reader or the speaker by presenting arguments so they will agree and follow the writer’s wish.

Begin each paragraph with a key statement or general statement. Give supporting reasons in the rest of the paragraph. Then make a new point in the opening sentence of the next paragraph and give supporting reasons, and so on. Sum up your argument.

Definitions: Expository text: Usually nonfiction, informational text. This type of is not organized around a story‑like structure but is instead organized based on the purposes and goals of the author or by content. Examples include news articles, informational books, instruction manuals, or textbooks.

Concluding Paragraph:

1. Begin with a topic sentence that reflects the argument of the thesis statement.
2. Briefly summarize the main points of the paper.
3. Provide a strong and effective close for the paper.