Expository Paragraphs

What is the purpose of an expository writing piece?

• To inform/explain

• To express ideas/feelings

• To entertain

• To persuade

Expository writing should be. . .

• Creative

• Entertaining

• Funny

• Factual

Expository/Informative writing uses what type of passages?

• Informational/ Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Poems

• Dramas/Plays

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

• Nonfiction summary

• Fiction summary

• ACE extended responses

SYNONYM for EXPOSITORY WRITING is ...

• Narrative Writing

• Argumentative Writing

• Informative Writing

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY: A writer should include what information in there CITATION-C portion of each BODY PARAGRAPH?

• Title and author of passage

• Sentence starter

• Quotation Marks around text evidence

• An explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY: A writer should include what information in there EXPLAIN STATEMENTS -E portion of each BODY PARAGRAPH?

• Explanation

• Sentence starter

• Text evidence

• Restate answer/restate question

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

What is the main purpose of an expository paragraph?

• To entertain

• To inform or explain

• To persuade

• To describe a personal experience

Which of the following is a characteristic of expository writing?

• It is fictional

• It is humorous

• It is factual

• It is poetic

What type of language is typically used in expository paragraphs?

• Figurative language

• Descriptive language

• Persuasive language

• Clear and concise language