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Where do you get your writing ideas?
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Informative Essay: Writing
Remember - your first draft doesn't have to be perfect. You will have time to revise later.
Use an informative essay template to create a first draft.
1. Beginning
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Grab the reader's attention.
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Write your focus statement.
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2. Middle
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Answer the reader's basic questions about the topic: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
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Let your outline guide you.
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3. Ending
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Sum up what the reader has learned.
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Inspire the reader to want to know more about the topic.
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Students—
Read the winning short story!
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 Use the glossary to help find the meaning of literary words and writing terms that will help you think and talk about writing.
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To edit your writing well, you need to understand the rules. This library of quick, animated grammar lessons...
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