Writing Basics

Read the prompt below and identify if it is an informational essay or opinion essay.

Write an essay about the relationship between clothing styles and developments in clothing creating.

• opinion

• informational

What statement best describes the question the following prompt asks you to answer?

Write an essay about the relationship between clothing styles and developments in clothing creating.

• What is your favorite fashion trend?

• How do people pick what they're going to wear?

• How did inventions in clothing developing impact fashion?

• What invention was most important in modern fashion?

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Read the prompt below and identify if it is an informational essay or opinion essay.

Write an essay in which you explain who Juliette Gordon Low was and why she formed the Girl Scouts organization.

• informational

• opinion

What statement best describes the question the following prompt asks you to answer?

Write an essay in which you explain who Juliette Gordon Low was and why she formed the Girl Scouts organization.

• What is better, Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts?

• Who was Juliette Gordon Low and what inspired her to form Girl Scouts?

• Why is Juliette Gordon Low important?

• What happened to Juliette Gordon Low?

Read the prompt below and identify if it is an informational essay or opinion essay.

The passages discussed clutter and tidiness. Write an essay in which you give your opinion: Is clutter sometimes okay, or should you always try to be neat?

• informational

• opinion

Which statement best describes the question the following prompt asks you to answer?

The passages discussed clutter and tidiness. Write an essay in which you give your opinion: Is clutter sometimes okay, or should you always try to be neat?

• Is tidiness impossible?

• Are people more likely to be tidy or messy?

• Can students learn to be tidy and leave their classrooms clean?

• Should you always be neat and tidy?

Which statement best describes the question the following prompt asks you to answer?

Write an essay about requiring every student to learn to play a musical instrument.

• Should students play a musical instrument or play sports?

• Should every student be required to learn to play an instrument?

• Do all students have to take music class?

• What is your favorite musical instrument?

Which statement best describes the question the prompt below asks you to answer?

Write an essay in which you give your opinion about which invention has had the greatest impact on people’s lives: the printing press, the compass, or the telescope. Use information from the sources in your essay.

• Which invention had the biggest impact?

• What is your favorite inventions?

• What inventions are popular?

Which statement best describes the question the prompt below asks you to answer?

Write an expository essay explaining how laws changed voting rights for people. Use information from the passages in your essay.

• Who has the right to vote in the United States?

• How have voting laws changed to impact citizens?

• Which voting law do you think was most important?

• What law would you most want to vote for?

There are three primary components of an essay. What are they?

• main idea, topic sentences, conclusion

• body paragraphs, main idea, summary

• introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion

• introduction, main idea, conclusion