1. The Expository Essay

2. The Expository Essay
The purpose of an expository essay is to present,
completely and fairly, other people’s views or
to report about an event or situation.
Expository writing, or exposition, presents a subject
in detail, apart from criticism, argument, or
development; the writer elucidates a subject by
analyzing it. Such writing is discourse designed to
convey information or explain what is
difficult to understand.

3. Structuring the Expository Essay

4. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph

5. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph
Begin with a “grabber” -- a technique used to grab the
reader’s attention. Effective grabber techniques include:

6. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph
Begin with a “grabber” -- a technique used to grab the
reader’s attention. Effective grabber techniques include:
1. Quotations

7. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph
Begin with a “grabber” -- a technique used to grab the
reader’s attention. Effective grabber techniques include:
1. Quotations
Rebecca Eckler told a Canadian journalist that “the pain and
unpredictability of giving birth terrified her and so she decided she
would go to extreme lengths if need be to have a planned C-section.”

8. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph
Begin with a “grabber” -- a technique used to grab the
reader’s attention. Effective grabber techniques include:
1. Quotations
Rebecca Eckler told a Canadian journalist that “the pain and
unpredictability of giving birth terrified her and so she decided she
would go to extreme lengths if need be to have a planned C-section.”
2. Definitions

9. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph
Begin with a “grabber” -- a technique used to grab the
reader’s attention. Effective grabber techniques include:
1. Quotations
Rebecca Eckler told a Canadian journalist that “the pain and
unpredictability of giving birth terrified her and so she decided she
would go to extreme lengths if need be to have a planned C-section.”
2. Definitions
A “Cesarean section” is the surgical incision of the walls of
the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring.

10. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph
Begin with a “grabber” -- a technique used to grab the
reader’s attention. Effective grabber techniques include:
1. Quotations
Rebecca Eckler told a Canadian journalist that “the pain and
unpredictability of giving birth terrified her and so she decided she
would go to extreme lengths if need be to have a planned C-section.”
2. Definitions
A “Cesarean section” is the surgical incision of the walls of
the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring.
3. Facts

11. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph
Begin with a “grabber” -- a technique used to grab the
reader’s attention. Effective grabber techniques include:
1. Quotations
Rebecca Eckler told a Canadian journalist that “the pain and
unpredictability of giving birth terrified her and so she decided she
would go to extreme lengths if need be to have a planned C-section.”
2. Definitions
A “Cesarean section” is the surgical incision of the walls of
the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring.
3. Facts
Dr Jan Cristilaw reports that there has been “a jump of
almost three per cent” in the rate of cesarean births in
industrialized societies.

12. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph:

13. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph:
The introduction ends with a thesis statement, an
affirmative sentence that expresses the main idea of the
essay.

14. Structuring the Expository Essay
Introductory Paragraph:
The introduction ends with a thesis statement, an
affirmative sentence that expresses the main idea of the
essay.
There are three main reasons why more and more
women are choosing the caesarean operation for
delivering babies: fear of pain, predictability and
misinformation on the risks related to the
procedure.

15. Structuring the Expository Essay

16. Structuring the Expository Essay
Body Paragraphs

17. Structuring the Expository Essay
Body Paragraphs
The second, third and fourth paragraphs make up
the body of the essay.

18. Structuring the Expository Essay
Body Paragraphs
The second, third and fourth paragraphs make up
the body of the essay.
The first sentence of each of the three body
paragraphs,also called the topic sentence, must be
backed up with some form of evidence.

19. Structuring the Expository Essay
Body Paragraphs
The second, third and fourth paragraphs make up
the body of the essay.
The first sentence of each of the three body
paragraphs,also called the topic sentence, must be
backed up with some form of evidence.
Topic sentence: One of the main reasons why women
are drawn to delivering babies through a C-section
procedure is due to their deep fear of labour pain.

20. Body Paragraphs:
Three types of evidence

21. Body Paragraphs:
Three types of evidence
1. Statistics

22. Body Paragraphs:
Three types of evidence
1. Statistics
Figures: Studies show that around 35% percent of women choose
to have a caeserean operation to avoid any type of pain associated
with labour.

23. Body Paragraphs:
Three types of evidence
2. Expert Opinion

24. Body Paragraphs:
Three types of evidence
2. Expert Opinion
Quote: Dr Walker says that “a great number of my
patients are extremely afraid of not being able to
cope with the pain experienced when giving birth
naturally. ”

25. Body Paragraphs:
Three types of evidence
3. Example

26. Body Paragraphs:
Three types of evidence
3. Example
Dr Christillaw reports that one of her patients
delivered all of her four children by C-section even
though she was repeatedly informed of the risks of
the operation, and that she was perfectly able to
deliver her baby naturally .”

27. Body Paragraphs:
Three types of evidence
3. Example
Dr Christillaw reports that one of her patients
delivered all of her four children by C-section even
though she was repeatedly informed of the risks of
the operation, and that she was perfectly able to
deliver her baby naturally .”
Ideally, at least two types of evidence are
used in the body essay.

28. Structuring the Expository Essay

29. Structuring the Expository Essay
Conclusion

30. Structuring the Expository Essay
Conclusion
The fifth paragraph is called the conclusion.
The conclusion begins with a transition term (In
summary, To conclude) and a summary in which
the thesis and the three arguments are restated.

32. Don’t use any first- or second-person pronouns(I,
you, we, my, your, our, etc.)

33. Don’t use any first- or second-person pronouns(I,
you, we, my, your, our, etc.)
By only using the third-person singular or plural (he,
she, it, they, etc.), the essay appears impersonal and
therefore rational.