Informative Essays

An Informative essay is...

• organizes information into categories based on similarities

• a nonfiction essay that gives accurate information of a topic

• An essay about a book you read

• A fiction essay that gives your personal opinion about a topic

What is an essay that explains the meaning of a topic or idea

• Classification essay

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

• Definition Essay

What is an essay that organizes information into categories based on similarities

• Classification essay

• Definition essay

• Compare and contrast essay

• Cause and effect essay

An essay that focuses on the link between the cause of an event or idea and the resulting effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Classification

• Cause and Effect

• Definition

What essay looks at the similarities and differences?

• Classification

• Compare and Contrast

• Definition

• Cause and Effect

What are the five main reasons authors write?

• Topic, hook, thesis, introduction, conclusion

• Metamorphic, Igneous, Sedimentary, Clastic Sedimentary, and Intrusive igneous

• To persuade, To show the cause and effect, to show the problem and solution, to inform, and to compare

• To entertain, to persuade, to inform, to instruct, and to express

What is the first step in the writing process?

• First Draft

• Brainstorm

• Publish

• Outline

What is the second step in the writing process?

• Review

• First Draft

• Proofread

• Outline

What is the third step in the writing process?

• First Draft

• Publish

• Revise

• Review

What is the fourth step in the writing process

• Proofread

• Review

• Brainstorm

• Revise