The Expository Essay

1. The Expository Essay A Primer for the Beginning of the Year

2. Introduction • No different than a presentation • Relies upon: • Your reader understanding what you’re talking about • Your reader not being confused • Specific supporting detail

3. Parts of the Expository Paragraph • Form • Introduction • Body Paragraphs • Topic Sentence • Specifics • Transitions • The Conclusion

4. The Form: Judging a book by it’s cover • Name and Date • The Title: Interesting and Relevant • Neatness and Margins

5. Introduction: Remember, the water’s cold • Entice the reader: • Make a connection • Tell a story • Challenge • Last resort: Most, Some, I • The Thesis: Your Point

6. 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

7. Conclusion: Feeling a nice goodbye • Turn you intro upside down • Challenge the reader: Ask a question • Do the best you can

8. The Personal Reaction: The key to writing about books • The characters are real • So is the author • Have an opinion