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Informative Essay: Idea Map
A graphic organizer can help you map out your main ideas and details.
Use the idea web below to make your own web outline. Pick a topic and put your main topic in the middle (like: Elephants are Majestic and
Amazing Creatures). Then, generate three sub-topics and write them on the “topic” branches (Kinds of Elephants, What Elephants Eat, Threats
to Elephants’ Survival, and How Elephants are Like Humans). Last, write three details that give additional information about each topic at the
end of each branch. Add more if needed.
Each topic and set of details will become a paragraph when you begin to draft your essay.
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