writing is a product {Ans: writing occurs in a variety of genres, each with key features, structures, and formats}Organization {Ans: the internal structure of the piece}presentation {Ans: how the writing actually looks on the page}Writing is a written language with a notational system {Ans: writing involves pragmatic, semantic, graphophonic, and syntactic systems.}writing is a social and personal activity {Ans: writing is used for communication with self and others and to foster thinking}informational writing {Ans: -to explain -provide instructions: how to make/do -present information -compare 2 things, explain a change, or cause}