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What does it
mean to
“inform”?
What Is an
Informative Essay?

High School Literature

An Informative Essay:

● To inform the reader about a topic or position

● You will have to educate the reader on a topic.
● You take on the role of an “”expert”
● You will need to do research (gather information on the
topic)to best determine what you will want to write
about.
● Should answer the 5W’s & H
Introduction

Body
Paragraph

Conclusion
Introduction
1. Hook
a. Fact
b. Question
c. Quote

2. Background on the topic

a. Provide general information about the topic

3. Thesis statement

a. One sentence
b. What will you be trying to prove/argue ?
c. State your position and list three reasons.
Body Paragraph

● Topic sentence: indicates what

your paragraph will be talking
about.
● Evidence, and reason that prove
your thesis.
● Concluding sentence.
Conclusion

● You are bringing your essay to an

end
● Restate your thesis
● Summarize your main points
● Give closure
 AVOID
1. Informal language.

For example, “can’t” vs. “cannot” ; “gonna”.

2. Personal language → I, you. Use impersonal nouns like

“one”, “people”, “citizens”, “students”, etc.
3. Plagiarism

It is unacceptable to use someone’s words/work

without citing it. If you paraphrase, also cite.
 MLA Citation 101
In-text citations: Author-page style
● (Authors last name, page number)

For example:
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous
overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
OR
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful
feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

(Information taken from Purdue University)

For more information visit owl.purdue.edu

Requirements:

● Times New Roman Size 12

● Presentation page
● Double-spaced
 You will write an essay on :

“What does it mean

to be free?”
Let’s try to make a thesis

1. In groups of two try to answer

the question “what does it mean
to be free?”
2. Give three reasons
3. Put the reasons within a sentence
● To be free means to be liberated
from all outside influences.
● ...this essay will demonstrate how
being free is an act that starts
from within.
● Being free is a state of mind rather
than a physical state of being.