Descriptive Expository Writing

In what type of expository essay do you find out facts and details about a topic and explain what you found.

• descriptive

• compare/contrast

• explanatory

• cause & effect

• research

What type of expository essay compares two different objects, places, people, or situations and explains similarities and differences?

• descriptive

• compare/contrast

• explanatory

• cause & effect

• research

What type of expository essay explains why something happened or explain the effects of an action

• descriptive

• compare/contrast

• explanatory

• cause & effect

• research

What type of expository essay provides details about the look, sound, taste, smell, or feel of something.

• descriptive

• compare/contrast

• explanatory

• cause & effect

• research

the beginning part of an essay that introduces the topic of the entire essay

• text

• introduction

• commentary

• editing

an explanation or interpretation

• text

• introduction

• commentary

• editing

the process of updating a document to make changes, correct errors, and make it visually appealing.

• text

• introduction

• commentary

• editing

a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

• anecdote

• structure

• reference

• evidence

knowledge on which to base belief; proof

• anecdote

• structure

• reference

• evidence

the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work

• anecdote

• structure

• reference

• evidence