Informational writing vocabulary

Match the following

• to prepare and produce a book, story, es

• research

• Authors present information about events

• informative/ explanatory writing

• teaches the readers about a topic, cover

• sequential

• study or examination done with the purpo

• audience

• the group of people for whom a movie, TV

• publish

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Match the following

• the first version of a piece of writing

• analysis/ explanation

• the subject of writing or speech.

• topic

• after presenting evidence to support you

• rough draft

• Authors use this structure to present in

• comparison and contrast

• Authors present information about events

• sequential

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

rough draft

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

quote

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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.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

thesis statement (or thesis)

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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

• connecting words and phrases that clarif

• informative/explanatory writing

• teaches the readers about a topic, cover

• transitions

• is the most important sentence in an inf

• organize

• to make changes, correct mistakes and im

• thesis statement (or thesis)

• to put in a particular order

• 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.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

to put in a particular order

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

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.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

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