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Mind Map by Chloe.Sharland, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Chloe.Sharland
over 10 years ago
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Writing to inform,
explain or describe
- Informing gives objective
factual information
- information is factual
- To inform means to give facts to
another person.To inform means
to give facts to another person.
- GAPS: Genre - could be giving instructions, recipes, directions,
manuals, science experiment. Audience - could be anyone
Purpose - to inform - giving unbiased information which is
reliable and factual Style - formal
- Useful techniques When writing to inform, make sure
language is clear, factual and impersonal. Use short
and clear sentences. Break up the writing with
diagrams, illustrations, pictures and subheadings.
- Useful techniques When writing to inform, make sure
language is clear, factual and impersonal. Use short
and clear sentences. Break up the writing with
diagrams, illustrations, pictures and subheadings.
- GAPS: Genre - could be giving instructions, recipes, directions,
manuals, science experiment. Audience - could be anyone
Purpose - to inform - giving unbiased information which is
reliable and factual Style - formal
- To inform means to give facts to
another person.To inform means
to give facts to another person.
- information is factual
- Explaining gives
reasons for how or why
something happens
- explanation is factual, but with more detail
- To describe is to give a description of
what something or someone is like.
- When describing, remember your thoughts and feelings are
important. How does this place make you feel and why? and GAPS
- Useful techniques When writing to describe, use adjectives and adverbs eg "He walked away casually". Use
similes, eg "He is acting like a fool," and metaphors, eg "That girl is a star". Most importantly, appeal to the
readers' senses: What does it look like? What does it feel like? What does it sound like? What does it smell
like? What does it taste like?
- Useful techniques When writing to describe, use adjectives and adverbs eg "He walked away casually". Use
similes, eg "He is acting like a fool," and metaphors, eg "That girl is a star". Most importantly, appeal to the
readers' senses: What does it look like? What does it feel like? What does it sound like? What does it smell
like? What does it taste like?
- When describing, remember your thoughts and feelings are
important. How does this place make you feel and why? and GAPS
- To describe is to give a description of
what something or someone is like.
- explanation is factual, but with more detail
- Describing tries to paint a
vivid picture in the reader's
head.
- description is usually about how
something makes you feel
- To explain means to make clear, show the
meaning or to account for.
- When explaining, you should remember: who you're writing
to why you're writing to them, eg "being fair is a good quality
in a carer because..." and GAPS
- Useful techniques Writing to explain is generally in the
third person and in the past or present tense. Use clear
and factual language. Give a balanced view with evidence
for any points made. Use connectives of comparison, eg
whereas, though, while, unless, equally, however.
- Useful techniques Writing to explain is generally in the
third person and in the past or present tense. Use clear
and factual language. Give a balanced view with evidence
for any points made. Use connectives of comparison, eg
whereas, though, while, unless, equally, however.
- When explaining, you should remember: who you're writing
to why you're writing to them, eg "being fair is a good quality
in a carer because..." and GAPS
- To explain means to make clear, show the
meaning or to account for.
- description is usually about how
something makes you feel
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