Expository/Informative Writing Review

Expository Writing refers to a type of discourse characterized by...

• ideas

• information

• directions

• story

• opinions

Discourse in expository writing is reinforced by ____ and ____.

• speech and debate

• elaboration and elegance

• quality details and elaboration

• nature and nurture

Which is NOT a way expository writing provides information to the reader about a particular topic?

• defining and describing

• anecdotal

• categorizing

• sequencing steps

• comparing and contrasting

Which is NOT an example of expository writing?

• a yield sign

• an instruction pamphlet

• a research paper

• a fortune cookie

What are the three main reasons for expository writing?

• to explain why, to explain how, to report information

• to explain who, to explain what, to explain why

• to explain who, to explain where, to explain when

• to report facts, to explain opinions, personal narrative

You have to write about why World War I happened and the eventual outcomes. This is an informative essay in the style of:

• Reporting comparisons/contrasts)

• Explaining How (sequential)

• Reporting part to whole

• Reporting reasons/causes and effects

Which is not one of the four Essential Elements of Informative Writing?

• Differentiation

• Clarity

• Logical Progression

• Conciseness

• Precise Word Choice

Informative writing is a type of writing that students are MOST often required to produce throughout their school year.

• True

• False

Which Thinking Map does NOT help students "see" the structure of a piece of text?

• Double Bubble Map

• Tree Map

• Circle Map

• Multi-Flow Map

Which Thinking Map does a great job of organizing a composition to EXPLAIN WHY?

• Multi-Flow

• Brace

• Double Bubble

• Sequential