Expository Essay
How many paragraphs should be in your expository essay?
What is 4
Which is correct?
A. "Good morning," said Mrs. Cook.
B. "Good morning, said Mrs. Cook."
C. Good morning, said Mrs. Cook.
What is A. "Good morning," said Mrs. Cook.
What is the function of a semi-colon?
A. Separate two dependent clauses
B. Separate two independent clauses
C. Make a list
What is B Separate two independent clauses
How long do you have to take your STAAR test?
What is four hours.
What is a contraction for 'she is'
What is she's.
In the first paragraph of an expository essay, what two things MUST you have?
What is a hook and a thesis
Which is correct?
A. "John said, Writing is awesome!".
B. John said, "Writing is awesome!".
C. "John said", Writing is awesome!.
What is B. John said, "Writing is awesome!".
What change should be made to this sentence?
The Writing STAAR test is on Tuesday you are ready!
What is insert a comma and a FANBOY (or a semicolon) after Tuesday.
During the Writing STAAR test which should you look at first?
A. The passage
B. The questions
What is A. The passage.
What are the two types of clauses that make up different types of sentences?
What are independent and dependent clauses.
How many body paragraphs are in an expository essay?
What is two.
When do we use quotation marks?
What is to show that someone is speaking.
True or False.
There is a set list of all the subordinating conjunctions.
What is False.
When first looking at the question, it is important to look for what?
What are key words.
In complex sentences, where can the subordinating conjunction go?
What is at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence.
True or False. This is a good thesis statement.
I believe that people should always tell the truth because honesty is the best policy and lies hurt people.
What is False.
True or False.
The quotation marks ONLY go around what was said.
What is TRUE
Which sentence is written correctly
A. I need you to take out the following: a pencil, a paper, and a highlighter.
B. I need you: to take out following a pencil, a paper, and a highlighter.
What is A. I need you to take out the following: a pencil, a paper, and a highlighter.
What may you do after you finish your STAAR test?
What is read or sleep.
Name all of the coordinating conjunctions.
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So.
What is something that you have to do in your conclusion paragraph.
What is restate the thesis.
True or False.
We never use a comma to separate what was said from who said it.
What is FALSE
What are the major three functions of a colon?
A. introduce an item or a series of items, introduce quotations, add information
B. introduce names, add details, to separate independent clauses
What is A. introduce an item or a series of items, introduce quotations, add information
Along with your pencil, what are the two other tools that you can use on your STAAR test?
What are colored pencils and a dictionary.
Name the three types of sentences that we have learned.
What are simple, compound, and complex.