Expository Writing

Expository writing is _____________?

• informational text
• fictional text

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.W.7.2A

CCSS.W.7.2D

The thesis statement should guide your paragraph writing for your essay.

• true
• false

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.1C

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

• false
• true

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2C

CCSS.W.7.3C

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

• true
• false

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The conclusion paragraph gives an ending and closure to the essay.

• false
• true

Tags

CCSS.W.6.1E

CCSS.W.6.2F

CCSS.W.6.3E

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

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2B

CCSS.W.7.3A

Expository text should give information that is_________.

• non-fiction
• fictional

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Which one of the choices below would be the best example of expository writing?

• a fictional novel
• a science textbook

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the purpose of an expository writing piece?

• To inform/explain
• To persuade
• To express ideas/feelings
• To entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.7.4

A synonym for expository essay would be...

• Story

• Short Story

• Informational Essay

• Persuasive Essay

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C