Informative Text - a kind of text that offers data, definitions, and descriptions of phenomena or details about a fact.
Cause and Effect - Names the event/ occurrence and then tells the effects it has (on the events, on people, etc.) or the writer names the event/occurrence and then tells what caused it to happen.
Compare and Contrast - Describes similarities or differences between objects, places, or events and the similar or different qualities are linked back and forth.
Discription - Explains a topic, often in considerable detail. Often the text is broken into sections and details that elaborate on it.
Problem and Solution - Presents a problem and several possible solutions. The author may also describe the pros and cons each solution.
Sequence - Constructs the information in a chain, so that the writer can lay out steps in a process, series of events, or a hierarchy.