Examples: Student Written Informational Text
Student #1
Is there a difference between true love and infatuation? I am determining the differences of
love and infatuation. I am creditable in this topic because I have just read “The Slipover Sweater” and
the main topic of the story is love and infatuation. I am going to explain the clear difference between
true love and infatuation.
I want to clearly explain the topic of love and infatuation. An example of love in the story is
“Why didn’t I see that Grace had beauty such as Jo-Anne could never have?” (Stuart 158). My evidence
clearly shows the idea of true love. Love is liking someone for who they are. Infatuation, or lust, is liking
someone for their physical appearance and nothing else. Infatuation is sometimes confused and taken
to be love, but it is almost the complete opposite.
There is a huge difference between true love and infatuation because love is centered on
everything about the person and infatuation is only looking at the person’s outside looks. This passage is
important because it applies to high students and shows them the different between love and what they
might think love is. Now to answer my question, love is liking someone for everything they are, but
infatuation is only liking someone for what you can see on the outside.
Student #1 REVISED
Is love always as easy as it is in the stories, the fairy tales, and the fantasies? Sometimes it is
difficult to discern between what is real and what is make believe. I am creditable in this topic because I
have just read “The Slipover Sweater” by Jesse Stuart and the main topic of the story is love and
infatuation. I am going to explain the clear difference between true love and infatuation.
The short story revolves around Shan and his pursuit of the most popular girl in school, Jo-Anne.
Shan admires Jo-Anne for her beautiful hair, teeth, and clothes, and not her personality. However, his
best friend, Grace, is always sweet, kind, and supportive of Shan as he tries to win Jo-Anne from Roy
Tomlinson. It takes a big life lesson, but eventually Shan realizes that Grace, not Jo-Anne, is the true
prize. An example of love in the story is “Why didn’t I see that Grace had beauty such as Jo-Anne could
never have?” (Stuart 158). My evidence clearly shows the idea of true love. Love is liking someone for
who they are. Infatuation, or lust, is liking someone for their physical appearance and nothing else. Shan
starts to understand the difference between infatuation and true love by the end of the story. He
realizes that he only likes Jo-Anne for her beauty, but he loves Grace because of her personality.
Infatuation is sometimes confused and taken to be love, but it is almost the complete opposite.
There is a huge difference between true love and infatuation because love is centered on
everything about the person and infatuation is only looking at the person’s physical appearance. This
passage is important because it applies to high students and shows them the different between love and
what they might think love is. Even though true love seems easy to find in the fairy tales, Shan shows us
that we all struggle with discerning between love and infatuation.