Informational Writing Terms

The steps in the ______________ are prewriting, drafting, revising and editing, proofreading, and publishing.

• introduction

• writing process

• transition

• formatting

The end of a piece of writing is the

• conclusion

• introduction

• multimedia

• formatting

The way in which a piece of writing is organized.

• formatting

• transition

• multimedia

• introduction

What makes something non-fiction?

• REAL things, people, events

• complex writing

• lengthy writing

• unicorns

Check all that apply:

the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing; it makes the reader ask a question that will be answered by reading more or helps the reader understand the author’s purpose for writing the paragraph or essay

• controlling idea

• inquiry

• thesis

• title

the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up-to-date information

• bias

• credibility

• inquiry

• thesis

a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate

• thesis

• informational text

• newspaper

• narrative text

to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute these ideas to the original source.

• paraphrase

• summarize

• key ideas

• controlling idea

the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

• text feature

• graphic feature

• text structure

• key ideas

restate the meaning of something in different words; it alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation

• summarize

• key ideas

• paraphrase

• controlling idea