Structure of Writing Informational Writing

The final project for this unit will be ________________

• an informational essay

• an argumentative essay

• a narrative essay

• a powerpoint

_________ tells you what the paragraph will be about.

• Credible

• Accuracy

• Topic sentence

The purpose of an informational/explanatory essay is to ________________.

• inform the reader on a topic in a clear way

• provide research

• learn to write essays

• learn stuff

A thesis statement _________________.

• is the topic sentence

• tells the readers position on the topic

• tells a story

• is the first sentence of a paragraph

In informational/expository writing, you begin with a...

• conclusion

• body paragraph

• introduction

• detail

In informational writing, you will begin with an

• oreo cookie

• Introduction Paragraph

• Conclusion Paragraph

• Body Paragraph

An author uses different text structures in informational writing to organize it in a way that makes sense to the reader.

• True

• False

In informational writing, you begin with a...

• conclusion

• body paragraph

• introduction

• detail

An informational text structre might include _________

• chapters

• text boxes

When writing a summary for informational text, be sure to include:

• more than one main idea; author's tone; and text structure

• text features, your own opinion, and pop-out sentences

• more than one main idea, details about setting, and context clues

• author's tone, themes, and page numbers