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Title: Expository Writing

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Expository Writing
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It is nonfiction

Nonfiction writing is about finding information
in a variety of sources, searching for the facts,
and doing research to gain insight (knowledge)
about a particular subject. P. 424

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What is nonfiction?

Writing that is based on facts about real people,
places, events, or things.
What is a thesis statement? the main message,
lesson, or opinion

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Types of nonfiction

Essay examines and discusses a focused topic,
often including authors personal viewpoint
Article provides information about a topic, a
person, or event
Speech written to be read aloud presents a
topic and may persuade, inform, explain, or
entertain p. 428

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Writers contribute more than info

Style the particular way a writer uses
language reflects authors personality through
figurative language and diction
Tone the authors attitude toward both the
subject and the readers/listeners linked to the
words the author uses
Perspective the viewpoint or opinion the author
expresses about the subject
Purpose the authors reason for writing
P. 428

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Common purposes

To inform (expository)
To persuade (persuasive)
To honor
To entertain
To explain
To warn

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What is expository writing?

Presents information or discusses ideas
Uses description including imagery and figurative
language
Uses comparison and contrast
Sometimes it is written in the form of cause and
effect
Has a main, or controlling, idea (central message
or opinion) p. 465

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Rhetoric in persuasive speeches

Goal to try to convince listeners of an opinion
and a call to action
Using rhetorical devices patterns of words and
ideas that create emphasis and stir emotion
Ethos appeal to credibility / authority
Pathos appeal to emotions
Logos appeal to reason supported by evidence p.
539

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Types of rhetorical devices

Parallelism repeating a grammatical structure
or an arrangement of words
Repetition using the same words frequently to
reinforce concepts
Analogy drawing comparisons that shows
similarities between two unlike things
Restatement expressing the same ideas in
different words to stress key points p. 539

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Parallelism

When you are right you cannot be too radical
when you are wrong, you cannot be too
conservative."(Martin Luther King, Jr.)
"New roads new ruts."(G. K. Chesterton)
"I dont want to live on in my work. I want to
live on in my apartment."(Woody Allen)
"Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of
fun."(slogan of Kentucky Fried Chicken)

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Repetition

Patrick Henrys Speech to the Virginia Convention
We listened to the gun fire beyond the walls. We
listened to the walls being hit by shrapnel,
ricochets, and blind fire, at least it's what I
thought it could of been. We listened to the
creaking the windows made when they opened and
shut due to the wind from the outside. We
listened to the cries of our men, and the prayers
they made to their gods. We listened, but said
nothing.

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Repetition in I Have a Dream

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise
up and live out the true meaning of its creed
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of
Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons
of former slave owners will be able to sit down
together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of
Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of
injustice, sweltering with the heat of
oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of
freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will
one day live in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin but by the
content of their character.

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Analogy

Hunting is to a tiger as working is for people.
What key is to a lock, password is to a mobile
phone.
What ground is to a penguin, sky is to an eagle.
What time is to a watch, light is to the sun.
What moon is to the night, the sun is to the day.
Swamper is to handyman as bindlestiff is
to________

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Restatement FDRs Inaugural Address

I will address them with a candor
This is the time to speak the truth, the whole
truth, frankly and boldly
Nor need we shrink from honestly facing
conditions

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FDRs First Inaugural Address

Q. p. 553
Short answer question on p. 559
Make sure you answer the question first in
complete sentence and provide evidence from the
selection.
This time, also add some commentary after the
evidence where you explain why this call to
action is relevant or important.

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Answer with evidence on p. 559

FDR calls on Congress to adopt his measures or to
grant him broad executive powers so that he can
act on his own. According to his first inaugural
address, FDR states I shall ask Congress for the
one remaining instrument to meet the crisis
broad executive power to wage war against the
emergency as great as the power that would be
given me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign
foe. FDR wants more power so that he can do
everything possible to solve the economic crisis
during the Great Depression.

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3 on p. 560

Roosevelt says that Americans from earlier
periods in history conquered perils because they
did not have fears. Roosevelt wrote in his speech
that compared with the perils which our
forefathers conquered because they believed and
were not afraid, we have much to be thankful
for. Roosevelt is encouraging his audience to
not be fearful of the tragedies caused by the
Great Depression.

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Cross-over question

How do Steinbecks Of Mice and Men and FDRs
First Inaugural Address show the moral decline
of the American Dream?
Answer Of Mice and Men
Evidence Of Mice and Men
Answer Inaugural Address
Evidence Inaugural Address

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The Expository Essay
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What is an expository essay?

An expository essay explains, or acquaints the
reader with knowledge about the topic. Expository
essays use facts and statistical information,
cause and effect relationships, or examples.

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Types of Expository Writing

Informative
Directions
Opinions
Persuasion

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Examples of Informative Writing

Informative speeches
Research
Essays
Brochures
Memoirs
Letters
Biographies
Autobiographies

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Examples of Directions

How-to paragraphs
Recipes
Travel directions
Instructions
Game rules
Commands
Drills
Orders

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Examples of Opinions

Personal Opinions
Reviews
Comparisons
Speeches
Letters
Recommendations

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Examples of Persuasion

Debates
Political Rallies
Sales-Pitches
Advertising
Travel brochures
Speeches

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Expository essay on STAAR

Since the expository writing prompt on STAAR will
be in the form of an informative essay, we will
focus on writing to inform and to explain.

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What is an expository essay?

Since expository essays are factual, they are
written without emotion and usually written in
the third person. That means that the use of the
pronoun "I" is not usually found within the
essay. They are written with the intention of
informing/explaining.

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Expository essays also have a distinct format.

The central concept (thesis statement) must be
narrow enough to be supported within the essay.
Each supporting paragraph must have a main
supporting idea and all other sentences must
relate directly to it.
Transition words or phrases are important as they
help the flow and reinforce the logic.

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Expository essays also have a distinct format.

Finally, the conclusion paragraph should restate
the central concept (thesis) in a different way
and connect it to the supporting ideas. Finish
with a statement that reinforces your position in
a meaningful and memorable way.
Never introduce new material in the conclusion.

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Expository Prompt

Read At the thematic core of Of Mice and Men
lies a story about friendship in a world where
people do not seem to care about each other.
Think Why is friendship important and valuable?
Write Write an essay explaining how friendship
is important or valuable.

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Expository Prompt

Directions for Writing
Think about examples from literature, movies,
television, games, or experiences youve had that
demonstrate how friendship is important.
Explain and support your reasons with examples
and details

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