04.04 Proper Support (when Writing an Expository Essay)

How will I write effective expository body paragraphs that elaborate, explain, and cite information correctly?

Expository essays are meant to be _________.

• funny

• helpful

• informative

• disinformative

When writing an expository essay, you can insert your opinion, a funny joke, or a great personal story.

• True

• False

In order to stick to the facts and support the thesis statement's central idea, a strong body paragraph should contain: (Click all that applies)

• a clear two sentence topic sentence

• evidence in the form of summaries, direct quotations, and paraphrased examples

• explanations of each piece of evidence

• elaborative techniques that expand the evidence

What are the three ways to include evidence in your essay?

• Direct Quote

• Thesis

• Paraphrase

• Summarize

When you are putting a direct quote in your essay, there are four things you need to do, what are they?

When you are putting a paraphrase in your essay, there are five things you need to do, what are they?

When you summarize a quote in your essay, there are four things you need to do, what are they?

Direct quotations cannot be in a sentence by themselves and cannot simply be "stuck" in a paragraph. They need your words to introduce and explain them. Evidence in the form of direct quotations should be: (Click all that applies)

• Introduced

• Documented

• Summarize

• Explained

As you write the paragraphs of your expository essay, review any mention of evidence from your prompt's text set. Ensure that you've correctly cited (given credit to) each piece of evidence. This can be achieved through signal phrases or internal citations, as well as a ____ ____ _____.