Expository Writing

The How and Why of Writing

Todays Learning Targets

Analyze writing assignments in terms of
purpose and audience to determine which
strategies to use
Use research methods (e.g., background
reading, online searches, surveys,
interviews) to locate and collect reliable
information from print and nonprint
sources
Establish and develop a clear thesis
statement for informational writing or a
clear plan or outline for narrative writing

What is Expository Writing?

Expository writing is defined as presenting
reasons, explanations, or steps in a
process
Informational writing
An expository essay should follow a logical
sequence and have three different main
points
Logic and coherence is the main focus of
an expository essay

How is it different ?
Expository writing does not tell a story
Expository writing does not persuade a
reader but only gives facts and reasons

Expository Writing
Introduction of an expository should
include the main idea and what the essay
is about
The three main reasons supporting this
main idea should also be included in the
introduction in the final sentence called the
thesis statement.

Expository writing contd.

Paragraph two should introduce the first reason
and give details to support the first reason
Paragraph three should introduce the second
reason and give details to support the second
reason
Paragraph four should introduce the third reason
and give details to support the third reason
The conclusion should re-state all the reasons

Definition of Terms
Thesis Statement: The main idea of the whole
essay
Transition words: Words such as first, second,
as a result, which make transitions easy in the
essay.
Main Ideas: Each paragraph should have a main
point or idea
Supporting Details: Details support the main
ideas

Re-Cap:
Expository writing needs:

One topic
Reasons supporting that topic
Details supporting the reasons
A conclusion re-stating the reasons
Transition words
Clear, concise, logical and informative
language

Todays Learning Targets

Analyze writing assignments in terms of
purpose and audience to determine which
strategies to use
Use research methods (e.g., background
reading, online searches, surveys,
interviews) to locate and collect reliable
information from print and nonprint
sources
Establish and develop a clear thesis
statement for informational writing or a
clear plan or outline for narrative writing

Research
As we read, these articles, you are going
to annotate.
Thinkyou can use these articles in your
research paper.

Todays Learning Targets

Analyze writing assignments in terms of
purpose and audience to determine which
strategies to use
Use research methods (e.g., background
reading, online searches, surveys,
interviews) to locate and collect reliable
information from print and nonprint
sources
Establish and develop a clear thesis
statement for informational writing or a
clear plan or outline for narrative writing

Thesis Statement
A thesis statement needs to be clear and
give the directions for your paper.
You can briefly mention the main points of
each paragraph.
Gun control should be illegal because it
violates the second amendment, it
increases crime, and it does nothing to
stop criminals from obtaining guns.
Each of these points will become a
supporting paragraph.

Thesis Statement
Three leaders who affected in the world
are ________________,
__________________, and
__________________.
Blank 1: Literary Leader
Blank 2: Historical Leader
Blank 3: Personal Leader

A note about Plagiarism

Before we start writing
If you use any aspect from another paper,
then you have to either put it in quotes or
summarize it AND include an in-text
citation.
An in-text citation is where you put the
authors last name in parentheses
As Kevin Kruse mentioned in an article for
Forbes, Leadership has nothing to do with
seniority or ones position in the hierarchy of a
company (Kruse).

If you plagiarize.
You will fail this assignment and get at a
minimum a Friday School.
If you fail this assignment, you cannot
pass English II.
SO DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! Every time you
give a quote, make sure that you put it in
quotation marks and put the authors last
name in parentheses (In-text citation).
If you are afraid you have plagiarized,
please ask me to be on the safe side J