Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Informational & Persuasive Writing

Informational Writing is sharing information, instructions or knowledge about someone or something.  Step by step information is given.  Some examples of informative activities would be creating or writing:
 Informational brochures
Newspaper articles
How to manuals
Cookbook entries
Writing directions, receipes, and steps in making a product. 
Cause and effect
Comparing and contrasting two things. 
Persuasive writing is trying to get someone else to agree with an idea or opinion of yours.  A writer sometimes takes a position for or aganist an issue.  Usually is used in advertisements to get the reader to buy a product.  Or to try to get a reader to see a different point of view.  Some examples of persuasive writing are:
Advertisements
Brochures
Comic Strips
Posters
Collage
Murals
Paintings
Skits
Storyboard
Newcasts
Wanted posters

3 comments:

  1. Really didn't think about all the different examples we can use to teach both informative and persuasive writing. Thanks for expanding.

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  2. I like your examples for Persuasive writing.I would have never thought about some of these mediums. :)

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  3. I like the examples you gave. I never thought about a wanted poster as a type of presuasive writing, but it is! Persuading someone to help find a person.

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