Expository Essay
What does the term expository mean?
To explain
Should you read the questions before or after reading the passage?
Before
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to something not living
What is editing?
Making corrections to existing words and sentences
What should you do for the conclusion?
Give essay an ending; restate thesis
What should you do as you read?
underline, highlight, use the dictionary
What two literary devices compare?
Metaphor and simile
Fix the mistake: Johnny went to the park and he went to the store.
Johnny went to the park, and he went to the store.
Add a comma
What sentence should be between the two body paragraphs?
Transition sentence
What sentence in the paragraph normally tells you what the paragraph is about?
Topic sentence
What is irony?
An unexpected outcome that has a humorous effect
Fix the mistake: Dariela's family owned a cat, but many people didn't like there cat.
There changed to their
What are the three items you should have in your introductory paragraph?
Hook, detail, thesis
What connections should you make as you read?
Text to self, text to text, text to world
Explain what the theme of a story is.
The message or lesson of the FICTION work
Fix the mistakes: I want too go to the park two.
I want to go to the park too.
Too changed to to
two changed to too
What four items are needed for the body paragraphs?
Topic sentence, example, explanation, concluding sentence
What should you make as you look at the questions in the reading selections?
Make a list of what each question is asking, so when you read the passage, you will already know what to look for
What are two plot lines a story can have?
Non-linear, linear, subplot, parallel
Any two of these are correct
Fix the mistake: Karl hates shakes; and cereal.
Karl hates shakes; he also hates cereal.
Must be a complete sentence on each side of the semi-colon