Expository Writing: Middle School: Expository Writing, List 1

Expository writing is writing that presents the reader with important research and information about a topic. This list of vocabulary can help expose you to the key terms that provide the basis for good expository writing.
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Full list of words from this list:

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  1. cause
    any entity that produces an effect
  2. body
    the main or central part of a written work
  3. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  4. explain
    make plain and comprehensible
  5. describe
    give an account or representation of in words
  6. article
    nonfictional prose forming a part of a publication
  7. description
    a statement that represents something in words
  8. conclusion
    the last section of a communication
  9. assert
    claim to be true
  10. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  11. comparative
    involving the examination of similarities and differences
  12. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
Created on Fri May 30 15:25:50 EDT 2025

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