Printable Graphic Organizer: Inverted Triangle

Inverted Triangle

The inverted triangle graphic organizer helps writers create a

hierarchical structure for their information. When you need to

show the differences between the thesis, its general support, and

its detailed support, the inverted triangle can be useful.

This style of graphic organizer allows writers to see the structure

of the content, which is especially useful for visual people. If you

like to see information laid out to show what is most important,

the inverted triangle may work well. Writers can use this

organizer for pieces on current events, blogs, journalism, history,

stories, communications, and essays. Its flexible nature makes it

fit easily into different writing needs.

What is a graphic organizer?

A graphic organizer is a visual tool that writers use when

planning a piece of writing. There are many styles of graphic

organizers such as: outline, 5Ws, Venn diagram, 3 column notes,

visual cluster, inverted triangle, KWL (know, want to know, learn),

plot diagram, and there are many more.

Different graphic organizers tend to appeal to different writers.

For example, some writers use only the traditional outline for all

of their planning needs, while others will switch between

organizers depending on the writing style.

How can writers use graphic organizers?

Writers use graphic organizers in the planning stage of the

writing process, which is just after the brainstorming stage. Take

the valuable information from the brainstorming and add it to

the graphic organizer. This process allows writers to keep their

important information which can be used in writing the first

draft.