Types
A topic, idea, person, place, or thing is explained using characteristics and examples.
What is Descriptive?
A fishbone organizer is used for this type of expository essay.
What is Problem and Solution?
The amount of material in your original work that is allowed to be directly quoted from somewhere else.
What is 50%?
An explanatory essay is generally broken up into these.
What are paragraphs?
The purpose of this type of writing is to inform the reader.
What is explanatory?
An explanation of how two or more things are alike and different.
What is Compare and Contrast?
A Venn Diagram is used for this type of expository essay.
What is Compare and Contrast?
These are placed at the beginning and end of the cited words.
What are quotation marks?
Commas, periods, exclamation points, and question marks are all types of this.
What is punctuation?
Explanatory text is meant to convince the reader of something.
What is false?
Events or items are listed in numerical or chronological order.
What is a sequence?
A concept map (web) is used for this type of expository essay.
What is a Descriptive?
These are placed at the end of a citation to indicate where to locate the original work.
What are parentheses?
This is written to capture a reader's interest and give a BRIEF synopsis of the topic.
What is an introduction?
These should be avoided in an explanatory essay.
What are personal pronouns?
An issue is presented as well as several possible outcomes.
What is Problem and Solution?
Timelines, steps, and cycles are all examples of organizers that could be used for this type of expository essay.
What is a Sequence?
This is a collection of all the citations in a work.
What is the works cited page?
These two types of sentences are included in body paragraphs.
What are details and commentary?
The author of an explanatory text needs to assume the reader as little no none of this.
What is background knowledge?
One or more events and the resulting consequences are explained.
What is Cause and Effect?
A reverse fishbone ( the head pointing to the right) is used for this type of expository essay.
What is Cause and Effect?
These two things should be included in an in-text citation.
What are the title and author if known?
The purpose of this piece is to tie together all the loose ends, restate the main ideas, and leave the reader with a final thought.
What is the conclusion?
The reader should leave with this after reading an explanatory text.
What is a working knowledge of the topic?