6 tricks expository writing. the 3 feathers of writing persuasive narrative informational persuade...
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6 TRICKSExpositor
yWriting
The 3 Feathers of Writing
Persua
sive Narrative
Informational
Persuade
Argue
Convince
RelateA
Story
Explain
Inform
Report
Some People Call It:Expository Writing, But…
Informational WritingNeeds no further definition
directions
and “how-to”
Reports about: books people places
objects
experiments
history surveys
Informational Writing uses…
Informational Writing
Writing to Inform or ExplainYour
goal:To give clear information
that GETS SOMBODY
EXCITEDabout your
subject!
WAIT! FREEZE!
Before heading in, let’s review some
Important writing basics, like.....
STEPS OF WRITING5
PLANNING
Step
1HOW! Line
SLOPPY COPY
Step 2
•Instead, cross out using one thin line.
•Use pencil only.•Write complete sentences.•Write quickly and don’t worry
about mistakes.•Write on every 2nd line to leave revising space.•No erasing! (You might want to put
something back.)
•No balling up paper and starting over. If you don’t like something, cross it out. Too much good stuff ends up in the trash can.
The SUCCESS Step!Make your writing
great!
RevisingStep
3
PROOFREADINGStep 4
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Neat SheetCopy it Over
Neatly
Use erasable pens for last minute changes.
This is NOT the step for making lots of changes or writingnew stuff. Input to your computer. Make a book.
Add drawings.
Step 5
HOW! LineHOW! Moment
SHOW MEET
HIGHLIGHTS
CLOSING
The 6 Tricks of Informational Writing
ShowMeet Highlight
1
Highlight 2
Highlight 3
WOW!
Closing
The HOW! Line
Trick 1
HOW! Line is the ULIMATE TOOLFor
Informational Writing
planning.
Without it, your report will RAMBLE, lack direction and BORE your readers.
Here’s a blank HOW! Line
before ideas are jotted
down.
Begin
nin
gM
iddl
eEn
d
LEADSHOWMEET
HIGHLIGHT 1HIGHLIGHT 2HIGHLIGHT 3HOW!
MOMENT
CLOSING
HOW! Moment
Trick 2
Really???
HOW! Moment
How to teach your
bird to talk.
Fill this out FIRST!
Choose your MOST FASCINATING
andCOMPELLING
Piece of information.
Pick a highlight that will rock your
readers. Usually it's about HOW something
happens.
SHOWTrick 3
RELATE AN EXPERIENCE.Use INTERACTION and DIALOGUE to
create or recalla short experience that introduces your
topic.
Make up portions you can't remember or create a
realistic scene, especially one that will get readers
thinking or talking.
Really???
HOW! Moment
How to teach
your bird to talk.
Show
Show how people made fun of me having a bird instead of a bird or a car.
MEET
TRICK 4
meet your subject
Help the reader to get to know your subject!
Provide some basic information and a lead-in to the HIGHLIGHTS that will follow!
Show how people made fun of me for having a bird instead
of a dog or cat.
Parakeets in parrot family. Can have 1 or 2. Don’t need lots of
attention. Tips follow.
SHOW
MEET
Really?!? How to teach your bird
to talk.
HIGHLIGHTS 1,2 & 3
Trick 5
Jot down theFIRST, SECOND & THIRD highlights
About your subject, & perhaps more.
Place the most interesting highlight
last in order.
Really???
HOW! Moment
How to teach your bird to talk.
Show
Show how people made fun of me having a bird instead of a bird or a car.
Highlight 1Highlight 2Highlight 3
Choosing the keet. Good store. Puffiness. Get a young one. Color Bars. Active one.Bring it home. Decorate cage. Radio. Seed and Water. Change cage bottom. Important Safety Tip! No drafts! Put cage in corner of busy area.
Parakeets in parrot family. Can have 1 or 2. Don't need lots of attention. Tips follow.
Meet
Don’t repeat the
same
information
you’ve already
presented.
Trick 6
CLOSING
Instead use THOUGHTS or FEELINGS to provide either a
dramatic of humorous closing.
Show how people made fun of me for having a bird instead of a
dog or cat.
Parakeets in parrot family. Can have 1 or 2. Don’t need lots of
attention. Tips follow.
SHOW
MEET
Reall
y?!? How to teach your bird to talk.
Highlight 1
Highlight 3
Highlight 2
HOW! Moment
Closing
Choosing the keet. Good store. Puffiness. Get a young one.
Color Bars. Active one.
Important Safety Tip! No drafts! Put cage in corner of busy area.
Bringing it home. Decorate cage. Radio. Seed and water.
Changing cage bottom.
Can’t walk them, but cute & easy. Don’t eat sofas. Don’t
mess carpet.