What is the purpose of an expository writing piece?

• To inform/explain
• To persuade
• To express ideas/feelings
• To entertain

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.W.6.4

Which graphic organizer might you use to plan an expository piece? 

• Plot map
• Outline

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CCSS.W.6.2A

An expository essay needs to have an objective tone. This means...

• No facts, just opinions
• Mostly facts, some opinions
• Only the facts, no opinions
• Some facts, some opinions

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CCSS.L.6.3B

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.W.6.2E

An expository essay needs to avoid these pronouns...

• All pronouns
• 3rd person pronouns
• 1st and 2nd person pronouns
• 1st person pronouns

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CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.4

An expository essay should only contain __________ language.

• Informal
• Slang
• Vocabulary
• Formal

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CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.6.2E

True or false: An expository essay can use contractions.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.4

Contractions are words like...

• Is, was, are
• Can't, don't, won't
• You, I, We
• And, For, Or

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

If you are including the number 5 in your writing, what is the correct way to write it?

• 5
• Five
• 5.0
• Five (5)

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

If you are including a % in your writing, what is the correct way to write it?

• %
• percent
• percent (%)
• You shouldn't include percents in this kind of writing

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

True or false: If a number begins your sentence, it should be in number form.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A