Expository
Essay
Essay
The purpose of an expository essay
What is to inform the reader about a topic?
This is what an argument states and supports by using reasons and evidence from sources
What is a claim?
This is the purpose of the thesis statement
What is to let the reader know what the essay will be about?
This is the number of sentences in each body paragraph
What is six to eight sentences?
This is what is done during the last 15-30 minutes of pacing
What is proof-reading or revising?
This is the difference between an expository essay and an argumentative essay.
What is to inform and to convince?
This side tries to explain why you are wrong
What is a counterclaim?
This is the point value the thesis statement has when scoring the test.
What is one point?
This is what the two sources need to be in each body paragraph
What is different?
This is the least number of transitions to use in an essay
What is five?
This is a type of expository essay
What are newspaper articles, online articles, magazine articles, encyclopedia articles, and speeches?
This is simply disproving the opposing side's argument often used in debate
What is rebuttal or crossfire?
This is what the thesis statement is considered to be in an essay
What is the most important sentence in an essay?
This is the most challenging sentence in a body paragraph
What is elaboration?
This is necessary to do before typing an essay
What is planning?
This is the voice an author uses when writing an expository essay.
What is active voice?
This is what is in the introductory paragraph of an argumentative essay.
What is hook and claim-thesis statement?
This is what a thesis statement must be in order to get full credit on the test.
What is specific or detailed?
This is what is used to cite sources in body paragraphs
What are title and author?
This is the type of question written when using a rhetorical question as a hook
What is a why or how question?
This is the focus of an expository essay.
What are facts, information or details?
This is what is meant by not being wishy-washy when writing an argumentative essay
What is pick a side and focus on defending it?
This is the difference between a thesis statement for an argumentative essay and a thesis statement for an informative essay
What is a claim?
These are used to show direct quotes as pieces of evidence in an essay
What are quotation marks?
These are the four parts of pacing when writing an essay (30-30-45-15)
What are reading the prompt/sources, planning, typing, and revising?