Expository essay

What is the purpose of an expository writing piece?

• To inform/explain

• To express ideas/feelings

• To entertain

• To persuade

What paragraph is your thesis statement in?

• Introduction

• Body paragraphs

• Conclusion

• All of the above

What is a hook?

• The sentence that grabs the reader's attention.

• The sentence that explains my specific example.

• The sentence that ends my essay.

• The sentence that has the most vocabulary words.

Which paragraph is your hook in?

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Conclusion

• All of the above

Which of these elements can be included in an introduction?

• A comic strip

• An image

• An entire poem

• A question, fact, quote, or a definition

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

An expository essay consists of

• Rising action, climax, and falling action

• Introduction, body, and conclusion

• Stanzas

• None of the above

In which paragraph do you restate the thesis statement?

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• You don't restate the thesis

• Body 2

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

• Pronouns

• Synonyns

• Transitions

• Details

Tags

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

My examples should

• be something cool

• be a personal story

• be fiction

• help me explain the thesis