Expository Writing
The purpose of an expository essay
What is to inform?
The train sped along the tracks.
What is a simple sentence?
The computers is in the back of the room.
What is subject-verb agreement? (Should be "are)
Group of words with a subject, verb, and complete thought
What is a sentence?
Read a book only.
What is things you can do after the test?
The paragraph where you hook the audience and explain your topic
What is the introduction?
We need to eat something because we are starving.
What is a complex sentence?
The boy got a Victory Royale, he wasn't hacking.
What is a comma splice/run-on?
Group of words with a subject, verb, and a subordinating conjunction (AAAWWUBIS Word)
What is a dependent/subordinate clause?
Eat a good breakfast and come to school prepared
What are things you should do the morning of the test?
The most important sentence in an essay; a topic sentence
What is a thesis statement? (Controlling Idea)
I read Harry Potter, but I've never read Twilight.
What is a compound sentence?
Colorful Harry Potter flags hanging in the room.
What is a fragment?
The FANBOYS
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?
What are coordinating conjunctions?
4 hours
What is how long the test takes?
A way to remember what kind of examples we can use in expository writing
What is ROSE Method?
Jump!
What is a simple sentence? (Command)
He ain't here today.
What is informal language?
The part of a quotation that tells you who is speaking and how they are speaking.
What is a dialogue tag?
Left at home or given to testing teacher turned off to be returned when everyone finishes testing.
What is the expectation for technology during the STAAR tests?
16 points
What is the total amount of raw score points possible on the essay portion?
When the bell tolls one, the first spirit will appear.
What is a complex sentence?
I was really hungry therefore I went to the kitchen to get some food.
What are punctuation errors?
Should be ;therefore,
Words that look like verbs but work like another part of speech
What are verbals?
Proud of you as long as you try
What is how Mr. McClenny will be after STAAR day?