Expository Writing: Middle School: Expository Writing, List 4

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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  1. speculate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  2. solution
    a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
  3. introduction
    the act of beginning something new
  4. outline
    the line that appears to bound an object
  5. logical
    based on known statements or events or conditions
  6. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  7. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  8. narration
    giving an account describing a course of events
  9. syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
  10. rebut
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  11. nonfiction
    prose writing that is not formed by the imagination
  12. sequential
    in regular succession without gaps
  13. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
Created on Fri May 30 15:28:21 EDT 2025 (updated Fri May 30 15:28:26 EDT 2025)

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