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Guess What?
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LISMIALRY

SIMILARLY
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MOEERHTURFR

FURTHERMORE

AEULSRTAS

AS A RESULT

ELMPXAOFRE

FOR EXAMPLE

NISTTCONRA

IN CONTRAST

YLLEESPCIA

ESPECIALLY

COHESIVE
DEVICES

What is an
Informative Essay?

Expository Essay

Educate on a certain topic
Not for giving an opinion
Not convincing someone
to do something or change
his beliefs
Purposes

Introduction / Beginning
Body / Middle
Conclusion / End
Structure of an
Informative Essay

Presents the topic
Grabs the attention of the
audience
Introduction/ Beginning

Contains all the important
facts
Answers the WH-Questions
Body / Middle

Summarizes the essay
Spurs the reader/listener
to learn more about the
topic.
Conclusion / End

Choose a topic
Do a research and
gather all the pertinent
details.
Steps in Writing an
Informative Essay

List the important facts
Create an outline that will
organize your facts in a
logical way.

Create your first draft
Edit
Read your essay
Have someone else to
read and critique your
work.

Linking words,
Linkers,
Connectors,
Transitional words
Cohesive Devices

Tells the reader what
we are doing in a
sentence.
Helps to guide the
reader through our
writing.

They signal to the
reader what the
relationships are
between the clauses,
sentences and
paragraphs.

Also
Equally
Similarly
Likewise
Compared with
Comparison

And
Also
Furthermore
Too
What is more
Addition

So
Therefore
As a result
Thus
Because
Result

In contrast
Instead
On the contrary
Conversely
Contrast

For example
For instance
To illustrate
Such as
Namely
Exemplification

First
Second
Next
Then
After
Sequencing

But
However
Although
Except
Unless
Qualifying

In other words
Put more simply
That is to say
Rather
In simple terms
Reformulation

In particular
Especially
Mainly
Particularly
Above all
Highlighting

Turning to
With regard to
With reference to
Transition

Fill the blanks with
the correct cohesive
devices to complete
the passage :

(although,
therefore,
moreover, but,
and)

My friend is a singer. He is
intelligent ––––––––
hardworking. –––––––– he is
creative, ––––––––– he has
never received any award in
India, –––––––– he won a prize
in a competition in America last
year. –––––––– he has decided
to leave India and settle down
in America.

ANSWER

My friend is a singer. He is
intelligent ––– – hardworking. –
– he is creative, ––
–– he has never received
any award in India, –– – he
won a prize in a competition in
America last year. –– –– he
has decided to leave India and
settle down in America.
AND
MOREOVER
ALTHOUGH
BUT
THEREFORE

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