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Expository
Personal Narrative
Expository Body
Personal Narrative Body
Voice/Style
100
It is the main idea of the entire essay.
What is a thesis statement? The thesis statement is the main idea of the entire essay.
100
Telling your readers a real or made-up story that follows a plot graph.
What is a narrative?
100
They're historical and personal details that support your two topic sentences for your two body paragraphs.
What are LENSES?
100
It's an event or something that happens before the turning point or climax of your narrative.
What is RISING ACTION?
100
Because it requires a lot of skill and determination.
What is a fragment?
200
When you have a clear, specific thesis and stick to it throughout your entire essay.
What is focus?
200
Capturing your readers' interest with a strong opening.
What is a hook?
200
It's the most interesting part of the narrative.
What is the CLIMAX?
200
Water can be found in the earth's surface and it can be found under the earth's surface.
What is a run-on?
300
It's one of the key verbs for Expository.
What is Explain? It's one of the key verbs for Expository.
300
The writer's thoughts before the event happens, the setting and the characters are written in this section.
What is the exposition?
300
"That is great! Stephen did not allow any goals to be scored in tonight's game" said Coach Pringle.
What is add a comma after the word- game? "That is great! Stephen did not allow any goals to be scored in tonight's game," said Coach Pringle.
300
Until this year, Betsy was fastest than I was and would always win our races.
What is change fastest to faster? Until this year, Betsy was faster than I was and would always win our races.
300
If you want to become famous.
What is a fragment?
400
The purpose of this nonfiction writing is to give information about a specific subject.
What is the expository essay? The purpose of this nonfiction writing is to give information about a specific subject.
400
The "lesson learned" or "so what" of the essay is in this section.
What is the conclusion, denouement or resolution?
400
It's diction or choice of words that shows...
What is VOICE?
400
Val and I were surprised that the class member who agreed with us the more heartily was Al.
What is change more heartily to most heartily? Val and I were surprised that the class member who agreed with us the most heartily was Al.
400
Being a straight-A student is great, but undestanding the material is more important.
What is a sentence?
500
The details that support the topic sentences may be examples from sports, personal experiences, entertainment, history and others.
What are LENS?
500
Of all the girls in my class, I liked Sarah more.
What is change more to most? Of all the girls in my class, I liked Sarah more.
500
These are words or phrases that connect the flow of ideas in your paper.
What are TRANSITIONS?
500
When compared to Galveston, Sweatwater gets the most rain.
What is change the most to more? When compared to Galveston, Sweatwater gets more rain.
500
When it rains, the rain forms runoff, the abundance of rain causes some areas to flood.
What is a run-on?