LMS Expository Essay Review

What should a topic sentence contain?

• List 2 main ideas

• The topic sentence should be clear, informative and contain all main ideas.

• It should be the first sentence of the introduction paragraph.

What is the purpose of an expository writing piece?

• To inform/explain

• To express ideas/feelings

• To entertain

• To persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Expository writing should be. . .

• Creative

• Entertaining

• Funny

• Factual or Informative

An expository essay consists of

• Rising action, climax, and falling action

• Introduction, body, and conclusion

• Stanzas

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2B

CCSS.W.9-10.4

What is a main idea sentence?

• The first sentence of a body paragraph that states the main idea and leads into the specific detail sentences.

• The sentence which states the topic of the paper.

• The sentence that ends my essay.

• There is no main idea sentence in an expository essay.

What is a lead?

• The sentence or sentences that grabs the reader's attention.

• The sentence that explains my specific example.

• The sentence that ends my essay.

• The sentence that has the most vocabulary words.

Which of these elements can be included in an introduction?

• A comic strip

• An image

• An entire poem

• A question, fact, quote, or a definition

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2A

What is the last and most important sentence of the introduction called?

• Conclusion

• Hook

• Topic sentence

• Transition

THINK about the people you care about.

WRITE about one person who has been important to you. Explain what makes this person special.

Choose the best topic sentence for this essay?

• I don't like people. This is an essay about my dog.

• My Aunt Jan is a very special person to me and has always played an important role in my life.

• I have a lot of people in my family. My dad is an important person.

• I love my mom. She inspires me every day.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the last paragraph of your essay called?

• Conclusion

• Indention

• Hook

• Paragraph