Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Expository Writing
- What are the characteristics of this writing
form?
- Expository writing uses evidence, examples or facts to explain to the
reader. They start with a topic sentence, answers the questions
who? what? when? where? and why?. They are only facts, no
opinions.
- What vocabulary connects with this writing form?
- Cause
- Classify
- Compare
- Contrast
- Divide
- Effect
- Interpret
- Audience
- Data
- Essay
- Expository
- Fact
- Information
- Logical
- Non-Fiction
- Objective
- Opinion
- Third Person
- Formal
- What are the different ways to organize you thinking prior to using this writing form?
- First Way
- In a paragraph form
- Main Idea
Details
Main Idea
Details
Main Idea
Details
Conclusion
- Second Way
- Creating a cause and effect chart.
- Third way
- Expository Writing Cake
- 1. Start with a statement
(what you are going to
explain in your writing)
- 2. Then have a reason
(why you are
explaining your topic)
- 3. After put examples and
explanations (things that
support what you are trying
to explain, try to link it to
your reasoning and your
statement.
- 4. What difference does it make (explaining
why you wrote that doing this is
important?, put pros and cons in if you
want, try to tie it back to the statement
and your reason).
- Fourth Way
- Event and causes.
- Writing about the events and explaining the
causes. Firstly, write about the events that
are happening. Then explain at least three
causes to that event.
- Fifth Way
- Cause and Effect - Events and Consequences