Informative Writing Vocabulary

To explain or describe something

• Eliminate

• Expository

• Publish

• Revise

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

To read over and fix mistakes with your writing

• proofread

• present

• annotate

• plagiarize

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

To prepare or issue a piece of writing for public sale or for readership

• edit

• excerpt

• publish

• integrate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

To give, to show or to offer something for others to consider

• critical

• eliminate

• edit

• present

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

To completely remove or get rid of something

• eliminate

• integrate

• revise

• proofread

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

To re-examine and make alterations to your writing

• inform

• plan

• present

• revise

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Words used to link words, phrases or sentences together.

• Passive words

• Active words

• Transitional words

• Subjective words

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

This is the last sentence of your introduction paragraph that states the topic and purpose for your essay

• Thesis

• Subject

• Object

• Theory

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Thoughts from the reader to the writer in efforts to help the writer with revisions

• jargon

• publish

• feedback

• thesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A helpful guide in organizing your paper; Helps give a visual structure to your work

• thesis

• outline

• print copy

• jargon

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D