Expository/Informative Writing

Expository writing is _____________?

• informational text
• fictional text

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CCSS.W.7.2A

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.7.1

The thesis statement is usually the last sentence in the introduction paragraph?

• false
• true

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CCSS.W.7.2A

You should use a transition word to start each new body paragraph and also for the conclusion paragraph.

• false
• true

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CCSS.W.7.2C

CCSS.W.7.3C

The introduction paragraph should start with a "hook" to grab the reader's attention.

• true
• false

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which of these elements can be included in an introduction paragraph to grab the reader's attention?

• a comic strip
• questions, facts, a quote, orstatistical fact
• an entire poem

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CCSS.W.7.2B

CCSS.W.7.3A

An expository essay consists of:

• beginning, middle, and end
• rising action, climax, falling action
• introduction, body paragraph(s), conclusion.
• stanzas

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CCSS.W.7.2A

CCSS.RI.7.5

What is the author's purpose in an expository text? 

• To explain 
• To entertain
• To describe
• To tell a story

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.6

Expository means what?

• telling how you feel 
• Informing
• sharing opinions
• researching

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CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a thesis?

• Usually at the end of the introduction. It explains to the reader the claim, the topic, and the reasons that prove the claim.
• Beginning of a body paragraph
• Part of the conclusion that wraps up the essay
• What grabs the reader's attention

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

Unlike expository writing, Informative essays CANNOT include

• opinions

• facts

• statistics

• quotes from text

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CCSS.W.7.2B

CCSS.W.7.2D