EXPOSITORY WRITING

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EXPOSITORY WRITING

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What is expository writing? It

• Explains- facts, problems, solutions,
  information
• Clarifies- gives more information to make an idea
  clear.
• Defines- makes information clear.
• Describes- steps in a process
• Informs- gives facts
• Explores- problems or solutions
• Proves

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EXPOSITORY WRITING

• focuses on main topic
• Has logical supporting facts
• Contains details, explanations, and examples
• Has strong organization
• Has a logical order
• Contains smooth transitions

• ESSAYS are expository writing!
• Expository writing appears in letters,
  newsletters, definitions, instructions,
  guidebooks, catalogues, newspaper articles,
  magazine articles, manuals, pamphlets, reports
  and research papers and more!!!!

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ESSAYS MUST HAVE

• A title
• A topic sentence
• Transitions throughout the writing
• Explanations and Examples
• A conclusion

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SPRING BOARD PG 39
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Pg. 38 Spring Board- brainstorm

• Identify areas in your life that have changed,
  such as responsibilities,
• family relationships, friends, hobbies/interests,
  school, fears, physical appearance, etc.. Write
  each area as a topic on the top line inside a
  box.
• Brainstorm important details on each topic, and
  write those below the line. Then, on the line
  below each box, write one complete sentence about
  the topic that could be used as a topic sentence
  (T.S.) for a paragraph.
• Remember that a topic sentence controls the
  content of a
• paragraph, contains a subject, and reveals an
  opinion.

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WRITING PROMPT

• IN DAYSTARTER WRITING SPIRAL, draft a paragraph
  about an area of change in your life.
• Choose one of the areas of change from your
  graphic organizer.
• Begin your paragraph with a topic sentence.
• Provide at least two additional sentences to
  explain the topic sentence.
• Develop and elaborate upon each of those two
  sentences with additional commentary that
  includes vivid details, clarification, and
  concrete examples.

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• Tells a story.
• Has chronological order and sequence of
  events.
• Has action.
• Has conflicts or problems.
• Has dialogue.
• Has characters.
• Has a definite beginning, middle and end.

• Remember,
• A narrative

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NARRATIVE EXPOSITORY

• is told from a particular point of view
• makes and supports a point
• is filled with precise detail
• uses vivid verbs and modifiers
• uses conflict and sequence as does any story
• may use dialogue

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Narratives can be Expository Writing!

• Tells a story- using plot, setting etc
• Proves a point using evidence and examples.
• Explains how our experiences lead to some
  important realization or conclusion about our
  lives or about the world
• Describes lessons learned about ourselves or
  others or the world.

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What are the key words that show it is an
expository prompt?

• Most people enjoy some type of music. Think about
  your favorite type of music and explain why you
  like that particular type of music.
• Sometimes even the best drivers can get lost at
  times. Explain how you would direct a lost man to
  get back to the interstate highway from your
  neighborhood.
• Tell how to make a hamburger.

YOU WILL FIND THESE WORDS IN THE PROMPT
EXPLAIN, DESCRIBE or TELL.
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NARRATIVE ESSAYS

•      When you write a narrative essay, you are
  telling a story. Narrative essays are told from
  from a defined point of view, often the author's,
  so there is feeling as well as specific and often
  sensory details provided to get the reader
  involved in the elements and sequence of the
  story. The verbs are vivid and precise. The
  narrative essay makes a point and that point is
  often defined in the opening sentence, but can
  also be found as the last sentence in the opening
  paragraph. (For test taking purposes, it can be
  wise to put if first so that the person grading
  does not miss it.

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NARRATIVE ESSAY

•      Since a narrative relies on personal
  experiences, it often is in the form of a story.
  When the writer uses this technique, he or she
  must be sure to include all the conventions of
  storytelling plot, character, setting, climax,
  and ending. It is usually filled with details
  that are carefully selected to explain, support,
  or embellish the story. All of the details relate
  to the main point the writer is attempting to
  make.

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Narrative Essays

• To write a narrative essay, we need to think
  about a moment worth sharing and to think about
  finding the significant point in that moment. To
  do this, we should think about the new awareness
  we gained for ourselves (insights that might
  apply to others as well). Finally, writers
  incorporate details which will make the incident
  real for readers.

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Sample Introduction

• Although I have taken many wonderful vacations,
  my trip with my two best friends to New York City
  is one Ill always remember. This was a fantastic
  trip because of the sights we saw, the people we
  met, the plays we enjoyed, and the laughs we
  shared.

Whats the topic?
Whats the plan?
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Some typical story transition words
Typically transitions are about time. After,
before, since, later

• One day
• Suddenly
• During
• Until
• Yesterday
• Meanwhile
• Afterwards
• While

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How to get your story rolling

• Begin by describing a character.
• LaDarius Smith, a star on our school basketball
  team, is very lucky.

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Get the story rolling with dialogue

• Whats that smell?
• the class complained.
• Finish your experiment and well head outside to
  get away from it, said their teacher.

What punctuation goes with the words said?
Did you say quotation marks? Youre right!
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Get the story rolling

• Provide a where with prepositional phrases
• Near the park
• Below the surface of the water
• In Chicago
• Throughout the crowded room
• Inside the lunchroom

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Heres an excellent beginning...

• It was an early Tuesday morning in Tokyo Japan.
  The sun started to rise over Juan Lees house.
  Boom! My friend Juan Lee and I went to see what
  was with all of the commotion. Then the door came
  crashing down. It turned out that Juans Aunt Lee
  kicked the door down.

How does he start his story? How does he grab
interest?
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Summary

• Identify your prompt
• Plan your work with an outline.
• Give your work a title with an action word.
• Grab interest in the beginning
• Build your paragraph with explanations, examples,
  evidence following the topic statement or key
  statement.
• Use strong action words
• Use vivid adjectives
• Use metaphors
• Finished? Reread reread to improve and
  clarify.

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Think Brainstorm

• P-What is your purpose?
• A- Who is your audience?
• C- Content --What are your ideas for details,
  facts, or reasons?
• O- Organization --Think how you want to
  structure your paper.

Jot down these ideas.
NOW START YOUR OUTLINE, OR WEB!