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Addressing a Context Prompt

Addressing a Context Prompt. Style 1 – Expository/Discursive. Expository/Discursive. Implies you are discussing a ‘big idea’ related to a text Discussion based, think of what you want to say about the prompt, what you wish to explore in detail

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Addressing a Context Prompt

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  1. Addressing a Context Prompt Style 1 – Expository/Discursive

  2. Expository/Discursive • Implies you are discussing a ‘big idea’ related to a text • Discussion based, think of what you want to say about the prompt, what you wish to explore in detail • Best ones should include a title and allow you to take on a persona • The persona allows you to set up a context for your piece of writing • Eg – persona is an Indigenous Australian who grew up in Sydney and has their own blog, writing an expository article about the high incidences of racism that occur in Sydney high schools • Eg – persona is a white Australian working in Melbourne as a TV journalist, writing an expository current affairs piece about bullying in the work place

  3. Expository Introduction • Sentence 1 • State the focus of written piece, reword the prompt • Sentence 2 • Develop sentence summarising some arguments for prompt statement (sentence 1) • Sentence 3 • Develop sentence summarising some arguments against prompt statement • Sentence 4 • Write your thesis statement

  4. Sample Expository Introduction

  5. Activity – Write Your Own

  6. Expository Body Paragraphs

  7. Sample Body Paragraph Prejudice comes in many different forms and affects many different people, suggesting what our societies are really like. Jasper Jones, Jeffrey Lu, Charlie Bucktin, Eliza Wishart and Jack Lionel all experienced different types of prejudice in the novel Jasper Jones. Jasper and Jeffrey were unfairly maligned due to their racial heritage. Charlie was considered too smart, Eliza suffered as she was female and ‘Mad Jack’ because he was a recluse. In each case, the prejudice affecting these individuals impacted on more than just them and outlined what small town Australia circa 1965 was like. Mirroring this, Martin Luther King Junior was ultimately assassinated because he stood up for black civil rights in the USA. According to these examples, societies in the past were rife with mistreatment of others. However, moving into the present day, MalalaYousafzai had death threats published by the Taliban against her and her father because she stood up for women’s educational rights, and ‘boat people’ are now beginning to be labelled ‘illegals’ by politicians, a clear act of prejudice against anyone attempting to seek asylum across the oceans. These examples suggest that society as a whole plays a role in how prejudice is perpetrated, and paints a picture that could argue what our societies are really about.

  8. Activity – Write Your Own

  9. Conclusion • Main job in expository writing: • Rephrase the prompt • Recap main ideas discussed • Give point of view (don’t say ‘I’ though)

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