Explanatory/Expository Writing Vocabulary

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

the intended readers of specific types of texts

• transitions

• explanatory

• audience

• characters

Tags

CCSS.W.8.4

CCSS.W.8.5

specific examples, details, and facts

• context

• evidence

• commentary

• analogy

words used to connect ideas

• lead

• tone

• rhetoric

• transitions

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.W.8.2C

CCSS.W.8.3C

academic writing that shows care and appropriate language

• informal style

• formal style

• compare

• contrast

a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject

• mood

• tone

• audience

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

also referred to as a “hook”; can be a quote, question, anecdote, or intriguing statement used as an attention grabber

• thesis

• topic sentence

• lead

• context

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3A