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English

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6th - 8th Grade

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Joseph Anderson

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All About Informative Writing

Language Arts, Grade 7

Purpose

The purpose of informative writing is to share knowledge and facts
Informative writing often answers questions like "why" and "how."
There are no opinions included.
It is also called "expository" or "explanatory" writing.

Multiple Select

Which of these is a fact?

My car payment is $250 per month.

My car payment is too expensive.

Multiple Select

Which of these is an opinion?

Dogwoods are especially lovely, with their white, pink, or coral blossoms announcing the arrival of spring.

Flowering plants that are native to the South include purple coneflower and rose verbena.

Audience

Since this style of writing is meant to explain, instruct, or define in an unbiased manner, the audience is someone who wants to learn about a topic.

Forms

Informative writing can be presented in many forms:
paragraph
essay
brochure
article
report
interview

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of an informative essay?

To provide information, or explain steps in a process.

To tell a story.

To entertain the readers.

To persuade the reader.

Multiple Choice

What are the three main parts of an essay?

The hook, the topic sentence, and conclusion.

Introduction, Hook, Body

Introduction, Body, Conclusion

Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal.

Multiple Choice

What is a thesis statement?

The statement that is the main idea of an essay.

The statement that introduces each paragraph.

The statement that grabs the reader's attention.

The final statement in an essay.

Multiple Choice

In which part of the essay should your thesis statement go?

The middle.

The body paragraphs.

The conclusion.

The introduction.

Multiple Choice

What are the three paragraphs in the middle of an essay called?

The Body.

The Introduction.

The conclusion.

Supporting Details.

Multiple Choice

The body paragraphs are meant to do what?

To explain the thesis statement.

To extend the essay.

To set up the hook.

To waste time.

All About Informative Writing

Language Arts, Grade 7

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