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An informative essay, also known as an expository essay, gives the reader detailed information about a specific topic
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Date | 04.05.2017 | Size | 3.45 Kb. |
| An informative essay, also known as an expository essay, gives the reader detailed information about a specific topic. - An informative essay, also known as an expository essay, gives the reader detailed information about a specific topic.
- Informative/expository essays are usually written in five paragraphs.
Five paragraphs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Five paragraphs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- First paragraph: Introduction
- Second, Third, Fourth paragraphs: Body
- HUGE amounts of detail, fact, and example
- Fifth paragraph: Conclusion
- Nicely summarizes everything
- Take a deep breath, yo.
- Choose a character or topic you have some definite opinion(s) on or already know something about.
- Start with what you know—I promise you already know a lot. Then do research or look through a text to fill in the gaps.
- Brainstorm using a graphic organizer, write out ideas, maybe make an outline.
- Write a draft.
- Revise with a friend. Revise with a parent/guardian. Revise by yourself. Revise with your teacher.
- Rewrite.
- Edit, proofread, check spelling, grammar, etc.
- Turn in, on time, your last draft. Consider yourself a writer.
R - Restate the Question or Prompt It should be fact-based. - It should be fact-based.
- Facts can be quotes, statistics, definitions, names, dates, events.
- It should be formal.
- Remember who your reader is (the teacher!).
- Use examples.
- Explain what you mean.
- Don’t be overwhelmed. You have a lot of valuable stuff to say. Your teachers want to read it.
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