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Learning Goal. Developing Ideas in Writing. Expository Writing. We write for many reasons. One reason is to inform our audience. This is called expository, or informational, writing . Examples of this kind of writing include newspaper articles, explanations, and research reports.

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  1. Learning Goal • Developing Ideas in Writing

  2. Expository Writing • We write for many reasons. One reason is to inform our audience. This is called expository, or informational, writing. • Examples of this kind of writing include newspaper articles, explanations, and research reports.

  3. Developing Ideas

  4. Choosing a Topic • List the topics you are interested in and want to write about. This list may be long and the topics very general.

  5. Narrowing the Topic Select one topic from your list. For example, Canada. Canada is too big a topic to write about. I need to ask myself some questions to help me choose something small enough to write about. Who am I writing this for? My aunt who is from Jamaica and has never been to Canada. What does my aunt (my audience) already know about the topic? She knows the geographical areas of Canada, and some of the history.

  6. Narrowing the Topic Where will my aunt visit while in Canada? The Niagara region. Why is she visiting? To see family and some of the local area. Now I’ve narrowed my topic. I know exactly what I’m going to write about. My main idea of this piece of writing will be: What a Visitor to the Niagara Region needs to know.

  7. Narrowing the Topic • So, to narrow your topic, ask these questions: • Who should I write this for? • Why am I writing it? • What does my audience already know about his topic? • What do I want to tell the audience? • Then you should be able to write your main idea.

  8. Narrowing a Topic • How can learning how to narrow a topic to define a main idea or message help you be a better writer? • It helps you get your writing started because you know exactly what you want to write about • You won’t have to do a lot of research that you won’t use • It will keep your writing focused. • You can use a web too:

  9. Developing Topics Topic is too big… Still too big… Bingo!

  10. Developing Subtopics • Once you have narrowed your topic, make sure you have enough details to support your main idea. Sometimes, in expository writing, the details are organized into subtopics. One way to develop subtopics is to create an idea web like this one.

  11. Developing Subtopics

  12. Writing Strong • How does developing ideas make writing strong?

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