Expository and Argumentative Writing

What is an EXPOSITORY/INFORMATIVE essay used to do?

• Argue being for/against a topic.

• Describe a personal experience.

• Inform the reader about a given topic.

• Entertain the readers with a created story.

TRUE/FALSE: A student is allowed to use only ONE source when finding text evidence for an expository or argumenative paper.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

A THESIS STATEMENT should include how many ANSWERS to the given question that will be discussed in your paper?

• Zero

• One

• Two

• Three

TRUE/FALSE: The INTRODUCTION should begin with a HOOK to draw in the reader's' attention.

• True

• False

Expository/Informative writing uses what type of passages?

• Informational/ Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Poems

• Dramas/Plays

TRUE/FALSE: The CONCLUSION paragraph gives the reader an ENDING to the paper.

• True

• False

The BODY paragraphs of an expository and argumentative essay are similar to what previously learned type of writing?

• Nonfiction summary

• Fiction summary

• ACE extended responses

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

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY: A writer should include what information in there CITATION-C portion of each BODY PARAGRAPH?

• Title and author of passage

• Sentence starter

• Quotation Marks around text evidence

• An explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1