Introduction to Expository Essay: Check for Understanding

makes an assertion and supports it with details, reasons, textual evidence, and commentary

• transitions

• thesis

• explanatory essay

• argumentative essay

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

• details

• topic sentence

• commentary

• rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.W.8.1B

CCSS.W.8.2B

CCSS.W.8.9A

quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

• textual evidence

• formal style

• tone

• lead

the reason for writing; what the writer hopes to accomplish

• audience

• context

• evidence

• purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.W.8.4

CCSS.W.8.5

words used to connect ideas

• lead

• tone

• rhetoric

• transitions

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.W.8.2C

CCSS.W.8.3C

a sentence, in the introduction of an essay, that states the writer’s position or opinion on the topic of the essay

• conclusion

• rhetorical question

• thesis

• body paragraph

Tags

CCSS.W.8.2A

a sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph

• commentary

• lead

• topic sentence

• rhetorical question

the ending of a paragraph or essay, which brings it to a close and leaves an impression with the reader

• introduction

• body paragraph

• conclusion

• call to action

Expository writing has 3 parts.

Select the correct 3.

• introduction

• counterclaim

• conclusion

• body

Expository means...

• to persuade

• to explain or describe something

• to read carefully

• to ask questions about a topic