Expository Writing Passages

What is one type of a controlling idea?

• Conclusion

• Thesis Statement

• Examples

• Parenthetical Documentation 

evidence (facts, statistics, examples) that supports the topic sentence

• details

• topic sentence

• commentary

• rhetorical question

Which of the following are buzz words to help you spot that your writing should be informative in a prompt?

• Write, present, delineate

• expository, explain, describe

• argue, take a side, choose

• Answer, question, determine

Which transitions would be most effective in a concluding paragraph?

• To sum it up,

• All in all,

• First,

• Next,

• In conclusion,

What genres of writing will be on the FSA Writing Test? (Choose 2)

• Informative

• Narrative

• Descriptive

• Expository

• Argumentative

What is the main sentence you are trying to explain in an informative essay, and you will find it at the end of the introductory paragraph?

• claim

• main sentence

• controlling idea

• main idea

What type of information goes in the introductory paragraph?

• Summary of details in the essay

• Background information about topic

• Introduction to the writer of the essay

• Summary of passages read

Which transitions would be effective in a support paragraph?

• to begin

• moreover

• in conclusion

• finally

• furthermore

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

• True

• False

Which of the following is an example of a E-Explanation sentence starter that a student could use in their body paragraphs?

• In the article

• This explains that

• The author ____ states

• On page ___ it explains that