Informative/Expository Writing Terms

Tomatoes were once considered poisonous until some brave people took a bite of a tomato and survived. Now, tomatoes are used in salads, sandwiches, and all kinds of foods.

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

author's purpose

• persuades readers to buy into an idea

• the reason the author has for writing

• the main idea of the text

• the review the author provides at the end of the text

examples of texts that are only meant for entertainment

• essays, textbooks, and articles

• magazines and newspapers

• poems, novels, and short stories

• all of the above

expository writing...

• persuades

• entertains

• explains

• convinces

text features help the reader to identify the....

• information

• claim

• thesis statement

• text structure

the first sentence of the introduction is the ...

• thesis statement

• main idea

• hook

• supporting evidence

the controlling idea that answers a prompt and is located as the last sentence of the introductory paragraph

• main idea

• topic sentence

• hook

• thesis

a summary based on evidence or facts

• supporting evidence

• conclusion

• body paragraph

• thesis statement

details that support the main idea

• thesis

• hook

• supporting details

• topic sentence

formal language is used in...

• academic writing

• everyday speech