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    This document provides a chart that outlines different signposts found in informational texts and questions readers should ask about each signpost. The signposts include photos or graphics, definitions, causes and results, tough questions, anecdotes, and compare and contrast. For each signpost, the chart lists a question for readers to ask to help them better understand the purpose and importance of that part of the text.

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    This document provides a chart that outlines different signposts found in informational texts and questions readers should ask about each signpost. The signposts include photos or graphics, definitions, causes and results, tough questions, anecdotes, and compare and contrast. For each signpost, the chart lists a question for readers to ask to help them better understand the purpose and importance of that part of the text.

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    Informational Signposts

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    This document provides a chart that outlines different signposts found in informational texts and questions readers should ask about each signpost. The signposts include photos or graphics, definitions, causes and results, tough questions, anecdotes, and compare and contrast. For each signpost, the chart lists a question for readers to ask to help them better understand the purpose and importance of that part of the text.

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    Informational Text Signposts

    Symbol

    G
    D
    CR CR
    TQ

    CC

    C/C

    Signpost

    Question to Ask

    Photos or
    Graphics

    Why did the author


    include this visual?

    Definitions

    Why is this word or


    phrase important to
    know?

    Causes
    and
    Results

    Why is the relationship


    between the cause and
    result important?

    Tough
    What does this question
    Questions make me wonder about?

    Anecdotes

    What does this brief story


    clarify about the topic?

    Why did the author


    Compare
    include this new
    and
    information that contrasts
    Contrast
    with the earlier
    information?

    Informational Text Signposts


    Symbol

    Signpost

    Question to Ask

    Photos or
    Graphics

    Why did the author


    include this visual?

    Definitions

    Why is this word or


    phrase important to
    know?

    CR

    CR

    Causes
    and
    Results

    Why is the relationship


    between the cause and
    result important?

    TQ

    CC

    C/C

    Tough
    What does this question
    Questions make me wonder about?

    Anecdotes

    What does this brief story


    illustrate about the topic?

    Why did the author


    Compare
    include this new
    and
    information that contrasts
    Contrast
    with the earlier
    information?

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