In this unit, you have been writing informative material about topics that focus on the environment. After you finished your first draft, you reviewed your writing, keeping in mind your purpose. Your reason for writing has mostly been to inform or to explain. When writing informative or explanatory material, purposes might include: to inform readers about a topic to explain a process or issue to persuade readers to agree with an opinion to motivate readers to do something to describe a person, place, or thing to reflect on an experience or feeling

to provide instructions or guidance to analyze data or findings to compare and contrast different ideas or concepts to summarize information to answer a research question to educate readers on a specific subject to clarify complex concepts or terms to present evidence or support for an argument to critique or evaluate a topic or work to raise awareness about a problem or issue to debunk myths or misconceptions about a topic to offer solutions or recommendations to a problem to challenge readers' assumptions or beliefs to predict or speculate about future outcomes or events to argue for a particular point of view or perspective to review a book, movie, or other form of media to document historical events or trends.