Writing for Information

What is the purpose of an informative text ?

• To entertain

• To give information

• To persuade

• To give answers

This is an example of an informative text

• True

• False

In informational writing, you will begin with an

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• Introduction Paragraph

• Conclusion Paragraph

• Body Paragraph

True or false: Informational writing is about real people, places, and things.

• True

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What is the purpose of an informative writing introduction?

• To persuade the reader to agree with the writer's opinion

• To entertain the reader with a story

• To provide background information, engage the reader, and present the main topic or thesis statement.

• To summarize the main points of the writing

What are essential to include in your informative essay?

• Your opinion, evidence, organization

• Entertainment, evidence, elaboration

• Clear thesis, informs the reader, opinionated

• Organization, clear and accurate, strong supporting evidence

Topic sentences should provide a direction for the paragraph's sentences.

• True

• False

Where are topic sentences usually located within a paragraph?

• last sentence

• in the middle

• first sentence

A topic sentences states the _________________ of a paragraph.

Choose the topic sentence.

• Pollution in Manama is bad

• Manama is crowded

• There are lots of reasons why pollution in Manama is so bad

• Manama has a lot of cars.