True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false.
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B.4
If your details are not organized in your writing your paper will not be affected.
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B.4
My Top 4 Favorite Movies:
1. The Pop
Hop
2. Burning Engines
3. Lovely Launa
4. The Revenge of the Dust
Mites
This is an example of expository
writing.
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B.4
Expository writing is not when you write to explain.
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B.4
Expository writing is when you write to inform or explain.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A.4
In expository writing your information should be a. | unorganized. | b. | organized. | | | | |
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A.4
“When touring the caves of Virginia be sure to bring a jacket because it gets mighty cold down
there. You should also bring a flashlight and extra batteries. Trust me, you don’t want to be
stuck down there without these essentials.”
This excerpt is a. | organized. | b. | unorganized. | | | | |
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7.
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B.4
My Top 4 Favorite Movies:
1. The Pop
Hop
2. Burning Engines
3. Lovely Launa
4. The Revenge of the Dust
Mites
How do we know that this is an example of expository
writing? a. | It has a
title | b. | It is informing
the reader of the author’s top 4 favorite movies. | | | | |
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B.4
My Top 4 Favorite Movies:
The Pop
Hop
Burning Engines
Lovely Launa
The Revenge of the Dust
Mites
What is wrong with this example of expository
writing? a. | The reader does
not know which of those five is his true favorite. | d. | This is not an example of expository
writing. | b. | They are not ordered | e. | Both A and B | c. | Nothing | | | | |
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B.4
“The fact that juvenile crime has dropped by 24% leads us to believe that our after school
programs are effective in reducing crime. These statistics should quiet many of the groups that were
opposed to our programs in the beginning. As my Aunt Betty would say: ‘The proof is in the
pudding.”
What is used in this example that shows us that this
is an excerpt from an expository paper? a. | The use of old sayings | c. | The use of groups | b. | The use of
statistics | d. | None of the
above | | | | |
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10.
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B.4
An example of expository writing is a. | a paper on the affects of global
warming. | c. | a speech
attempting people to vote for you. | b. | a story about a talking pig. | d. | None of the above | | | | |
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