Expository Essay

What is the purpose of an expository writing piece?

• To inform/explain

• To express ideas/feelings

• To entertain

• To persuade

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Expository writing should be. . .

• Creative

• Entertaining

• Funny

• Factual

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CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2B

CCSS.W.9-10.4

What is a theses statement?

• The sentence that introduces my specific example.

• The sentence which states the main idea of the paper.

• The sentence that ends my essay.

• There is no thesis statement in an expository essay.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2

An expository essay consists of

• Rising action, climax, and falling action

• Introduction, body, and conclusion

• Stanzas

• None of the above

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CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2B

CCSS.W.9-10.4

In which paragraph do you restate the thesis statement?

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• You don't restate the thesis

• Body 2

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

What type of words are these: all in all, furthermore, for instance, in other words?

• Pronouns

• Synonyns

• Transitions

• Details

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What helps your essay flow easily to the next idea?

• Conclusion

• Facts

• Similes

• Transitions

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CCSS.W.9-10.2C

CCSS.W.9-10.4

My examples should

• be something cool

• be a personal story

• be fiction

• help me explain the thesis

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CCSS.W.7.2B

CCSS.W.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.3B

What must you remember to do in the conclusion?

• Give a last example

• Use a transitional sentence

• Restate the thesis

• Restate the hook

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

How many paragraphs does an essay have?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 1

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CCSS.L.1.1H