Informational writing vocabulary

Match the following

• the group of people for whom a movie, TV

• research

• study or examination done with the purpo

• informative/ explanatory writing

• to prepare and produce a book, story, es

• sequential

• teaches the readers about a topic, cover

• publish

• Authors present information about events

• audience

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Match the following

• the first version of a piece of writing

• analysis/ explanation

• the subject of writing or speech.

• topic

• Authors use this structure to present in

• sequential

• Authors present information about events

• rough draft

• after presenting evidence to support you

• comparison and contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

rough draft

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

quote

Answer explanation

the exact words of an author or expert enclosed in quotation marks to make it clear that the ideas belong to someone else

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

thesis statement (or thesis)

Answer explanation

is the most important sentence in an informative/explanatory essay because it tells what the writer is going to say about the essay's topic. It expresses the writer's central or main idea about that topic—the position the writer will develop in the body of the essay.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Match the following

• to put in a particular order

• informative/explanatory writing

• connecting words and phrases that clarif

• thesis statement (or thesis)

• is the most important sentence in an inf

• transitions

• teaches the readers about a topic, cover

• organize

• to make changes, correct mistakes and im

• edit

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

to make changes, correct mistakes and improve writing before publication.

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

to put in a particular order

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

the final paragraph or section of a nonfiction text.brings the discussion to a close. It follows directly from the introduction and body of the text by referring back to the ideas presented there. It should restate the thesis statement and summarize the central idea (or ideas) covered in the body of the text.

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

the exact words of an author or expert enclosed in quotation marks to make it clear that the ideas belong to someone else

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C