The Expository Essay

1. The Expository Essay Your new best friend!

2. What is Expository? • Inform • Explain • Examine • Discuss • Interpret Please translate all of the above before tomorrow!

3. Topic: Thesis: Claim: Evidence: Bias: Main idea you are writing about (from prompt) A sentence that explains what your essay will be about What you are showing/proving (in the thesis) Examples that prove you are right التحيز / parcialidad What the reader already believes Key Vocabulary

4. Sample Prompt • Think about innovations that have made vehicles safer such as seat belts and air bags. • Write an essay in which you describe a safety improvement that has helped to save lives.

5. Planning and Prewriting • Before your write your essay – PLAN: make an outline • Topic: • Introduction: • Body: • Conclusion:

6. Introduction • Background information – from the prompt and what you already know • Example: What do you know about the sample topic? • Thesis – the main idea of your essay; what you are trying to show readers • Example:Write a thesis for the sample prompt: main topic + your focus idea = thesis statement

7. Example Thesis • Topic = Safety improvements in driving such as airbags and seatbelts • Focus Idea = have saved many lives • Thesis = Seatbelts and airbags have made great improvements in driving safety and have saved many lives.

8. Body • Topic sentence • Evidence to support ideas • Explanation of the evidence • Address the biases • Concluding Sentence

9. Conclusion • Review main points • Explain the significance of the topic and claim • Do not introduce new ideas or evidence in the conclusion!