The informative paragraph must be communicated in a non-biased tone and explain, teach, or inform. The descriptive paragraph must use sensory details to describe a person, place or object. For the informative paragraph, be creative and choose a topic that you already know something about. Be sure to communicate in an objective and non-biased manner with your intended audience and purpose in mind. 

 

For the descriptive paragraph, use sensory language and vivid details to describe a person, a place or a thing. Sensory details describe how something looks, sounds, feels, smells or tastes.  Use precise language to "show" rather than "tell" about what you are describing.  Be sure to communicate with your intended audience and purpose in mind. What you communicate about is entirely up to you as long as you use vivid details and sensory language to bring the description to life. However, below are some sample topics that may help you.

 

• Describe a room in your house
• Describe your favorite spot to spend time
• Describe a person who is special to you
• Describe a meal that you enjoy eating or cooking
• Describe a unique family tradition 

 

Answer the reflection questions below 

1. What do you think your strengths and weaknesses are in terms of sentence construction and paragraph development? 
2. Explain how communicating for a particular purpose and audience shaped each of your paragraphs. 
3. Discuss your feelings about communicating in different modes. Is there a particular mode you enjoy communicating in more than another? 
4. Explain how different writing modes that you have learned about might be applied to scenarios in your real life.