6.3.1

Writing to Inform

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Writing to Inform

When you write to inform, you give facts to the reader. Your job is to provide the reader with information they need. When writing to inform, you should:

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Use clear language

  • Use clear language to state essential information.
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Give relevant ideas

  • Try to give relevant, useful, fair and balanced ideas.
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Try to be unbiased

  • Try to be unbiased – you are giving facts. Try to keep your own personal opinion and point of view out of it.
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Answer the four questions

  • Answer the four questions: Who, what, when, where?

Writing to Inform in Texts

When you write to inform, you give facts to the reader. Your job is to provide the reader with information they need. You will see examples of writing to inform in the following texts:

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