Informative Writing Review

What are two synonyms for informative writing?

An informative essay gives the reader ____________ about a topic.

Informative essays should have at least three _______________. These make up the middle of your essay and develop a point you want to make that support your thesis.

Your essay should always begin with a hook, which should...

The ___________ (or thesis) is the subject or main idea of the essay.

The _______________ is the first paragraph of the essay. This should have a _____________ and _____________.

You should have at least three ____________, or causes explanations for an action or event.

Each body paragraph must have ____________ from the texts, or sources, that proves the answer to the question about the text.

You must ____________ the source whenever you use a _____________, or a passage that is quoted.

You must ____________ your ideas in your body paragraphs, or back them up with details.