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8th Grade Writing Flashcards: Establish Maintain Formal Explanatory Style

Study Establish Maintain Formal Explanatory Style in 8th Grade Writing with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Which sentence better maintains formal style: "This shows" or "This evidence demonstrates"?

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ANSWER

This evidence demonstrates. Adds specificity with "evidence" and stronger verb.

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This deck focuses on Establish Maintain Formal Explanatory Style, giving you a quick way to review the definitions, rules, and examples that matter most for 8th Grade Writing.

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A student is revising a social studies explanation about how a bill becomes a law. The current draft says: "I am going to tell you how a bill becomes a law. First, it gets introduced, and then it goes to a bunch of committees. If they like it, it moves on, and it is basically a long process." Which revision best maintains a formal explanatory style (third person, objective tone, precise vocabulary, complete sentences, no contractions)?
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