Expository Writing

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 essay are similar to what previously learned type of writing?

• Nonfiction summary

• Fiction summary

• ACE extended responses

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

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

• Explanation

• Sentence starter

• Text evidence

• Restate answer/restate question

What is the author's purpose in an expository text? 

• To explain 

• To entertain

• To describe

• To tell a story

Which is NOT another name for expository writing?

• Explanatory

• Narrative

• Informative

• Informational