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What is Informational Writing?

Authored by STEPHANIE GILBERT

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 6+ times

What is Informational Writing?
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11 questions

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1.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

15 mins • 20 pts

What is the difference between informational texts and non-informational (fiction) texts?

Groups:

(a) Informational

,

(b) Non-informational

Gives reasons

Defines

Essays

Makes author's point

Personal narratives

Purpose is to entertain

Short stories

Textbooks

Argues

Important details

Imaginary

Uses facts

Dramas

Well-developed ideas

Poems

Graphic novels

Explains

Purpose is to inform

Gives examples

Fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does informational writing use to make the author's point?

Opinions

Well-developed ideas

Fictional stories

Personal anecdotes

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does informational writing make the point clear?

By using humor

By adding important details

By telling jokes

By using metaphors

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one method informational writing uses to explain?

By singing

By narrating

By drawing

By dancing

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Informational writing explains by using which of the following?

Imaginary scenarios

Examples

Songs

Cartoons

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of informational writing?

To entertain

To confuse

To explain

To persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a way informational writing explains?

By defining

By reasoning

By arguing

By guessing

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

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