Informational Writing Terms

Warm Up Question: What type of writing are we learning about right now?

• Argumentative
• Informational 
• None
• Fake 

Audience is...

• A line or short section taken from a piece of writing or a speech.
• Part of the introduction paragraph intended to attract the reader’s attention.
• The group of people you are writing for.

• Putting things in order.

The introduction sentence...

• Stating the topic of your essay to the audience.
• Group of people you are writing an essay for.
• An introduction of the final comments at the end of a piece of writing.
• To give a short version of something.

Transition...

• An educated guess made through observation.
• A word or group of words that relate a topic or idea that came before to what comes next.
• To add more details to an essay.
• Stating the topic of your essay to the audience.

Evidence...

• To give a short version of something.
• To show proof of a statement.
• To state as a fact or as one's belief.
• Group of people you are writing an essay for.

Elaborate...

• An educated guess made through observation.
• This is NOT the answer.
• To state as a fact or as one's belief.
• To add more details to support the evidence.

Summarize...

• To give a short version (in your own words) of text information that is gathered.
• The act of putting things into a logical order.
• An educated guess made through observation.
• To state as a fact or as one's belief.

Conclusion..

• To show proof of an argument.
• The act of putting things into a logical order.
• Stating the topic of your essay to the audience.
• The final comments at the end of a piece of writing.

Organization...

• Part of the introduction paragraph intended to attract the reader’s attention.
• To give a short version of something.
• A word or group of words that relate a topic or idea that came before to what comes next.
• The act of putting things into a logical order.

Informational texts are...

• Centered around a specific topic that includes various supporting points

• Narratives that tell a story

• Summaries of information

• Random facts