Getting to Know Expository Writing

Expository Writing is

• Fact Based

• Fiction Based

• Explanatory

• Imaginative

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.W.11-12.2

CCSS.W.11-12.2A

CCSS.W.11-12.2B

CCSS.W.11-12.4

Expository Writing is writing that

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CCSS.W.11-12.2

CCSS.W.11-12.2A

CCSS.W.11-12.2B

A story which can entertain or help explain or persuade

• Argument

• Narrative/Narration

• Comparison

• Contrast

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Compare and Contrast

• Telling what something is

• Painting a picture in reader's mind

• Identifying similarities and differences

• Supporting a claim with evidence

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identifying the make-up or what something is

• Narration

• Description

• Persuasion

• Definition

• Negation

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Fiction invites us into the world of the author

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

attempts to tell us something about our own world

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

By the time students reach 12th grade, they should read this many words per year...

• Four Million

• Three Million

• Two Million

• One million

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Seniors should write and revise how many compositions per year?

• Ten

• Twelve

• Eight

• Six

• Four

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Using evidence to support a claim and possibly persuade

• Persuasion

• Description

• Narration

• Classification

• Argument

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5