Expository Writing

What is an expository/informative essay used to do?

• ARGUE being for/against a topic.

• DESCRIBE a personal experience.

• INFORM the reader about a given topic.

• ENTERTAIN the readers with a created story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

TRUE/FALSE: A student is allowed to use only ONE source when finding text evidence for an expository paper.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

A THESIS STATEMENT should have how many POINTS that will be discussed in your paper?

• Zero

• One

• Two

• Three

TRUE/FALSE: The INTRODUCTION should begin with a HOOK to draw in the reader's' attention.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2A

The BRIDGE needs to have background information - or details that will support your hook.

• True

• False

Expository/Informative writing uses what type of passages?

• Informational/ Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Poems

• Dramas/Plays

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.2B

CCSS.RI.6.2

TRUE/FALSE: The CONCLUSION paragraph restates the thesis & gives the reader an ENDING to the essay.

• True

• False

The BODY paragraphs of an expository essay are similar to what previously learned type of writing?

• Nonfiction summary

• Fiction summary

• ACE extended responses

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2B

CCSS.RI.6.3

A SYNONYM for EXPOSITORY WRITING is ...

• Narrative Writing

• Argumentative Writing

• Informative Writing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

TRUE/FALSE: A writer should use DIFFERENT SENTENCE STARTERS/TRANSITION WORDS throughout their paper.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2C

CCSS.W.6.3C