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Explaining: The Informative Essay. Purpose: To Teach. Relationships: first take the item apart: playing the piano, for example Synthesis: Do analysis of the parts, then bring them back together to show how it all works: explaining why skis must be waxed. Techniques. Consider your audience
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Purpose: To Teach • Relationships: first take the item apart: playing the piano, for example • Synthesis: Do analysis of the parts, then bring them back together to show how it all works: explaining why skis must be waxed
Techniques • Consider your audience • State a thesis in a well structured introduction • Define key terms • If writing process or “how to”, identify each step. • If doing cause-effect, look at the causes that produce certain effects • Support the explanation with evidence
Development Strategies • What: Classification • Discuss distinguishing characteristics that makes the item a member of a certain class • Example: Cars using alternative energies
How • Explain how something works or how to do something • How to roast the perfect turkey for Thanksgiving • How to take a multiple choice test • Chronological order, spacial order
Why • Why something happens • Cause and effect • Explain why a current situation has happened, ie the cause • Then discuss the effects • Start by asking why: why do college some college freshmen gain weight their first year? • Discuss the effects of that weight gain
Strategies • Personal Narrative • Facts • Statistics • Description • Examples • Comparisons
