INFORMATIVE ESSAY COMPARECONTRAST 9 TH ENGLISH LITCOMP INFORMATIVE

INFORMATIVE ESSAY COMPARE/CONTRAST 9 TH ENGLISH LIT/COMP

INFORMATIVE ESSAY • Synonyms (AKA): • Explanatory • Expository • Purpose: • Seeks to explain • Ex. – If you were to write an informative/explanatory/expository essay about your aunt, you would simply tell me about your aunt. • Ex. – If you were to write an informative/explanatory/expository essay about how to construct a paper airplane, you would write an essay giving directions.

INFORMATIVE ESSAY • Five (5) Sections: • Introduction • Includes your thesis • • Thesis sentence is road map of your essay. You cannot write a paper correctly without it! Your thesis sentences keeps you from getting lost when you are writing. ALWAYS, ALWAYS write out your thesis sentence. • Three (3) Body Paragraphs • The “meat” of the essay • Where you further explain and add details. • Conclusion • Restate theis • Sum it up! • Each section should focus solely on what you are attempting to explain! • Don’t deviate from the subject (Don’t go off topic)

INFORMATIVE ESSAY • All GOOD Informative Essays contain: • Single Topic • Focused • Structure • Start with Intro; end with Conclusion • Transitions – words that help you move smoothly from one idea to the next • Ex. - first, another, most important, for example, on the other hand, etc. • Development • Give information that will make your essay interesting and fun to read. • Vivid detail and description • DON’T FORGET! Your one and only job is to explain! Don’t leave ay important details out!

INFORMATIVE ESSAY • Before Writing: • You must know • Topic • What you are going to write about • Direction • Which way you are going to write about your topic • Three ideas, points, or reasons you are going to write about your subject • You will put these three things together in one sentence called your thesis sentence • BRAINSTORM! • Venn diagram • T chart • Outline

COMPARE/CONTRAST • Making NEW connections and/or expressing NEW differences between two things. • Compare – Similarities • Apples/Oranges: both fruit • Contrast – Differences • Apples/Oranges: Apple is red. Orange is Orange.