Introduction to Expository Writing

Your expository essay should:

• have an introduction, body, and conclusion

• be completely fictional

• have at least 3 examples

• use APE

What does the example 'Did you know that the Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen?' serve as in an essay introduction?

• Background Information

• Thesis Statement

• Hook

• Conclusion

The thesis statement is usually the last sentence in the introduction paragraph?

• false

• true

Expository text should give information that is_________.

• non-fiction

• fictional

Which one of the choices below would be the best example of expository writing?

• fictional novel

• science textbook

Which of these elements can be included in an introduction paragraph to grab the reader's attention? Choose all that apply.

• a comic strip

• interesting facts

• an entire poem

• quotes

• thought provoking questions

Which one of the choices below would be the best example of expository writing?

• a fictional novel

• a science textbook

• a journal

• a book of poems

The thesis statement should respond to the prompt and give three __________.

• facts about yourself

• text evidence examples

• reasons to support your topic

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