Informative and Argumentative Essay

Topic sentence 2. Supporting Details 3. Evidence 4. Explain 5. Elaborate 6. Closing Sentence

• An Argumentative Essay

• An Informative Essay

• Both Argumentative and Informative Essays

How many paragraphs should you include in both an argumentative or an informative essay?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

An informative essay is ______________.

• an essay that offers evidence to support an opinion.

• an essay that explains a certain topic.

• an essay that convinces someone to do something.

• an essay that entertains the reader with a story.

What does the C stand for in the RACEECS formula?

• Copy the thesis

• Care about the prompt

• Cite textual evidence

• Claim needs to be present

What is the difference between an argumentative essay and an informative essay?

• They are the same.

• An argumentative essay only presents one side of an issue and an informative discusses both.

• An argumentative essay is only facts and explains a topic and an informative essay argues the side of an issue.

• An argumentative essay argues the side of an issue and an informative essay is only facts and explains a topic.

What is the difference in the content of informative and argumentative writing?

• One starts with a call to take action, the other a question

• One starts with a hook while the other with a claim,

• Argumentative writing addresses opposing claims.

• Informational writing doesn't have a claim.

A written work that’s main goal is to persuade the reader through use of facts, evidence, and contains a specific claim.

• Analogy

• Direct Address

• Argumentative Essay

• Novel

How is an argumentative essay different from an informational essay?

• body paragraph three has a counterclaim and rebuttal after the topic sentence

• the counterclaim and rebuttal are presented in the introduction

• body paragraph three is removed

• the counterclaim and rebuttal are presented in the conclusion

An essay that informs or describes a topic in detail to the reader

• Argumentative

• Persuasive

• Informative

• Narrative

Write an informative essay about the effects wild animals and humans have on each other when they live in the same area. Use information from the passages in your essay.

• Informative

• Argumentative