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. propose
    present for consideration, examination, or criticism
  2. rebut
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  3. reference
    the act of consulting
  4. report
    to give an account or representation of in words
  5. research
    a seeking for knowledge
  6. sequential
    in regular succession without gaps
  7. solution
    a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
  8. source
    the place where something begins
  9. speculate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  10. syntax
    the study of the rules for forming admissible sentences
  11. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  12. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  13. voice
    the sound made when a person speaks
Created on Wed Jun 04 14:37:29 EDT 2025

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