Expository Writing
This type of writing is meant to explain, describe, or inform the reader about a topic.
What is expository writing?
This technique gives human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
This type of writing tries to convince the reader to agree with your opinion.
What is argumentative writing?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb
What is a clause?
To do away with
This part of an essay is the beginning that grabs the reader’s attention and introduces the main idea.
What is the introduction?
This is the repetition of the same beginning sound in words, like “wild and windy weather.”
What is alliteration?
This sentence states your opinion clearly and sets the direction for your essay.
What is a claim?
May contain the subject or the predicate of a sentence but NEVER both and sometimes neither.
What is a phrase?
To prove Superior
What is Prevail ?
This sentence/statement tells the main idea or focus of an expository essay.
What is the thesis statement?
A comparison using the words like or as
What is a simile?
Facts, examples, and data that support your argument.
What is evidence?
This type of clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
strongly influenced by emotions or feelings.
What is Sentimental ?
This group of paragraphs provide facts, details, or examples that support the main idea.
What are body paragraphs?
This poetic technique compares two unlike things by saying one is the other, such as “Time is a thief.
What is a metaphor?
These words help your writing flow smoothly and show how ideas are connected, like first, however, or because.
What are transition words?
This type of clause cannot stand alone and begins with words like because, when, or if.
What is a dependent clause?
something that bothers or annoys people.
What is Nuisance ?
This paragraph wraps up the essay by restating the main idea and giving a closing thought.
What is the conclusion?
When a word sounds like the noise it describes—such as buzz or sizzle
What is onomatopoeia?
Addressing the opposite side’s viewpoint to strengthen your argument.
What is a counterclaim or rebuttal?
“After the bell rings, we will go to lunch.”
Clause or Phrase?
What is a clause?
a shiny metal often used to protect other metals from rust.
What is Zinc?