Expository Writing

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Expository Writing

• Let Me Explain

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What is expository writing?
Expository writing explains or gives information
about a topic.

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What does expository mean?

• Expository means to explain.
• Expository writing explains ideas so that readers
  can understand them.

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What are some examples of expository writing?

• reports and essays
• newspaper and magazine articles
• instructions and how-to essays

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What is an expository essay?

• a multi-paragraph piece of writing
• gives information or explains how to do something
• has steps put in the right order

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What are the parts of an expository essay?

• beginning - names the topic
• middle - explains the steps in the process
• end - gives final thoughts

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What are time order words?

• They help writers show when something happens.
• They help the reader follow the steps.
• Some examples include first, second, next, then,
  after that, and finally.

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Invitation to Read

• Read the following expository essay.
• See if you can follow the steps in the process.
• Can you find all the time order words?

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How to Find the Cafeteria

• It is easy to get from the front doors of the
  school to the lunchroom. First, you go down the
  main hallway. Then, you turn left at the library.
  Walk past the auditorium and turn right. There
  are double doors at the end of this hallway. Walk
  through and youve found the cafeteria!

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Invitation to Write

• You and your classmates are hosting a lemonade
  stand to raise money for new books for your
  library. But who has the recipe?
• Write an expository paragraph with all the steps
  to making your famously delicious lemonade.

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