Expository Essay Crunch Mastery Peak

Expository writing is _____________?

• informational text
• fictional text

Expository/Informative writing uses what type of passages?

• Informational/ Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Poems

• Dramas/Plays

A SYNONYM for EXPOSITORY WRITING is ...

• Narrative Writing

• Argumentative Writing

• Informative Writing

TRUE/FALSE: A writer should use DIFFERENT SENTENCE STARTERS/TRANSITION WORDS throughout their paper.

• True

• False

What should be in your introduction?

• Topic Sentence, transition, and clarifying statement 

• Examples and lots and lots of text evidence

• Hook, Restate the Prompt, Three Topics

You should cite evidence from at least...

• 5 sources

• All of and only the sources provided

• 1 source

• As many sources as you think are good

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Before you submit your essay, you need to...

• Do not do anything

• Pray

• Revise/edit your essay

• Do a little dance

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the purpose of a topic sentence?

• To entertain your reader

• To inform your reader what the paragraph is about

• To summarize the entire essay and prompt

• To supply your reader with unnecessary information

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the first sentence in each body paragraph called?

• Theme sentence

• Transition sentence

• Topic sentence

• First sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What transitions can you use in your Wrap-Up, or closing, sentence?

• To begin with, To start with, First of all

• Furthermore; In addition; Additionally; Also

• As shown above; Given these points; Therefore; To summarize

• All of the above