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Informative Writing

Informative Writing. Types of Informative W riting. Immediate need Curiosity on a topic Thesis based New/surprising information presented Hooking audience key. Analyzing Informative Writing. Read the writings on pages 209-211 and discuss the questions on page 211.

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Informative Writing

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  1. Informative Writing

  2. Types of Informative Writing • Immediate need • Curiosity on a topic • Thesis based • New/surprising information presented • Hooking audience key

  3. Analyzing Informative Writing • Read the writings on pages 209-211 and discuss the questions on page 211

  4. Basics of Thesis-based Informative Writing • Writer has more expertise than reader • Information from various sources • Field research • Library/Internet research • Pre-existing expertise • Personal experience

  5. Rhetorical Situation • Magazine article • General readership • Browsing Reader must be hooked into the article!

  6. Surprising Reversal • Helps hook reader • Surprising less-informed, not everyone • Process: • What is the commonly held view? • What is the reality? • Whereas other scholars say X, Y, or Z, my research reveals Q.

  7. Writing the Informative Article • What do you know more about than your friends? • What is the mistaken/common view? • What is the surprising view/reality?

  8. Questions to Consider • What question does your essay address? • What is the common or popular answer to this question? • What supports this view? • What is your view? • What supports your view?

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