Parts of the Expository Essay

1 A thesis statement is ____________________________.

• supporting evidence and counterclaims for your argument

• a statement that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay

• the last sentence of your conclusion paragraph

What is the purpose of an expository text/essay?

• To inform/explain

• To express ideas/feelings

• To entertain

• To persuade

Expository writing should be. . .

• Creative

• Entertaining

• Funny

• Factual

An expository essay consists of

• Rising action, climax, and falling action

• Introduction, body, and conclusion

• Stanzas

• None 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.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A thesis statement is the first sentence of a body paragraph

• True

• False

In which paragraph do you restate the thesis statement?

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• You don't restate the thesis

• Body 2

What is the last and most important sentence of the introduction called?

• Conclusion

• Hook

• Thesis

• Transition