The Expository Essay

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The Expository Essay

• A Primer for the Beginning of the Year

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Introduction

• No different than a presentation
• Relies upon
• Your reader understanding what youre talking
  about
• Your reader not being confused
• Specific supporting detail

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Parts of the Expository Paragraph

• Form
• Introduction
• Body Paragraphs
• Topic Sentence
• Specifics
• Transitions
• The Conclusion

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The Form Judging a book by its cover

• Name and Date
• The Title Interesting and Relevant
• Neatness and Margins

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Introduction Remember, the waters cold

• Entice the reader
• Make a connection
• Tell a story
• Challenge
• Last resort Most, Some, I
• The Thesis Your Point

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Body Paragraphs Supporting you point

• Topic Sentences the point of the paragraph
• Logic talk to the reader and assume nothing
• Specifics seen or heard
• Linking your thoughts The Transition

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Conclusion Feeling a nice goodbye

• Turn you intro upside down
• Challenge the reader Ask a question
• Do the best you can

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The Personal Reaction The key to writing about
books

• The characters are real
• So is the author
• Have an opinion