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Expository/Informative Writing Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Expository Writing refers to a type of discourse characterized by...

a)

ideas

b)

information

c)

directions

d)

story

e)

opinions

2.

Discourse in expository writing is reinforced by ____ and ____.

a)

speech and debate

b)

elaboration and elegance

c)

quality details and elaboration

d)

nature and nurture

3.

Which is NOT a way expository writing provides information to the reader about a particular topic?

a)

defining and describing

b)

anecdotal

c)

categorizing

d)

sequencing steps

e)

comparing and contrasting

4.

Which is NOT an example of expository writing?

a)

a yield sign

b)

an instruction pamphlet

c)

a research paper

d)

a fortune cookie

5.

What are the three main reasons for expository writing?

a)

to explain why, to explain how, to report information

b)

to explain who, to explain what, to explain why

c)

to explain who, to explain where, to explain when

d)

to report facts, to explain opinions, personal narrative

6.

You have to write about why World War I happened and the eventual outcomes. This is an informative essay in the style of:

a)

Reporting comparisons/contrasts)

b)

Explaining How (sequential)

c)

Reporting part to whole

d)

Reporting reasons/causes and effects

7.

Which is not one of the four Essential Elements of Informative Writing?

a)

Differentiation

b)

Clarity

c)

Logical Progression

d)

Conciseness

e)

Precise Word Choice

8.

Informative writing is a type of writing that students are MOST often required to produce throughout their school year.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which Thinking Map does NOT help students "see" the structure of a piece of text?

a)

Double Bubble Map

b)

Tree Map

c)

Circle Map

d)

Multi-Flow Map

10.

Which Thinking Map does a great job of organizing a composition to EXPLAIN WHY?

a)

Multi-Flow

b)

Brace

c)

Double Bubble

d)

Sequential