Informative Writing

Objective

• Writing style focuses on FACTS

• Writing style focuses on EMOTIONS

• Writing style focuses on OPINIONS

• Writing style focuses on FICTION

Methodology

• Methods to help understand research and evidence.

• A specific type of research design.

• A statistical analysis technique.

• A way to collect qualitative data.

Analyze

• Look over or examine

• Ignore or overlook

• Guess or estimate

• Summarize or condense

Rhetorical Analysis

• A method of analyzing literary devices in poetry.

• How a writer uses persuasive techniques to connect to the reader.

• A technique for summarizing a text's main ideas.

• An approach to understanding historical context in literature.

Nuance

• A significant change in the author's narrative style.

• Small change within author’s tone, mood, or physical expression (can be shown through written language)

• A complete shift in the theme of the text.

• An exaggerated expression of emotions in writing.

Audience

• The group of readers or viewers the text is directed towards.

• A type of literary device used to engage readers.

• The main character in a story or text.

• The setting where the story takes place.

Choices

• The decisions made by the author in the text.

• The opinions of the readers about the text.

• The historical context of the text.

• The summary of the text.

Assertion

• Confident statement or opinion

• A question requiring an answer

• A statement of fact

• An uncertain claim

Corroborate

• Confirms statements with facts; TEXTUAL EVIDENCE

• To argue against a statement

• To summarize information

• To provide a personal opinion

Rhetoric

• A technique to persuade using emotional appeal and logic.

• A method of storytelling without any persuasive elements.

• An author's way to impact the reader using Ethos, Logos, Pathos, and more.

• A style of writing that avoids any form of argumentation.