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

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

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

• a fictional novel

• a science textbook

• a journal

• a book of poems

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2B

Expository writing has 3 parts.

Select the correct 3.

• introduction

• counterclaim

• conclusion

• body

This is also known as the writer's claim.

• transition

• main idea

• thesis statement

• topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The 1st sentence of your essay should be your...

• thesis statement

• hook

• claim

• audience

Which of the following are examples of transitions?

Select all of the correct answers.

• to begin with, in addition to, finally

• one could argue...

• if you think this, then...

• first, next, last