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Writing Information Essays

Sometimes, a single sentence can explain all that you have to say. Other times, you need a group of sentences—a paragraph. When you have even more to say, you need a group of paragraphs—an information essay. This chapter will show you how to build paragraphs into an essay that explains a lot of about a single topic.

Getting Started

One way to gather information about a topic is to conduct a poll. You can ask your classmates questions and get their answers. Best of all, you can write an essay that lets your friends know what you found out!