An informative essay's body paragraphs should feature specific examples. A thesis assertion evidence was reiterated a definite course of action recommended final thoughts. In order to show how well-researched and knowledgeable you are, you need to include some form of citation. This could be footnotes or endnotes. However, because this is an informative essay, we will simply use bullets to identify other people's work and ideas that contribute to your argument. As you can see, citations are very useful tools for referencing other people's work and ideas. They allow you to do this without writing an entire page about it!