1. Essay Writing-Week 1
Welcome to Time4Writing!

2. What to Expect…
Mid-week Help Sessions
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Help via email within 24 hours (most of
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the time)
Expository and Persuasive Essay writing
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skills

3. The week ahead…
Introduction of the Expository Essay
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Brainstorming and Organizing your
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thoughts
Live Help Session
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4. The Expository Essay

5. Purpose of an
Expository Essay
Writing to inform
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To present important information about a
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specific subject.

6. Elements of an Expository Essay
Your goal:
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Share facts
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Explain these facts as necessary
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Guide your reader to a clear understanding of
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your subject

7. How do you write Expository
essays?
Some brief tips:
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Explain the topic
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Use facts, statistical information, or examples
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Write without emotion
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Use third person (this means that you do not
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use the pronoun “I” in the essay).

8. Examples of Expository Texts
Brochure How-to Writing
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Catalog Letters
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Definitions Literary Analysis
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Editorials Magazine
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Essays Newsletters
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Guide Books Summaries
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Pamphlets Textbooks
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9. But…
Before we go any further, we must first
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learn how to begin the process of writing
of an essay.
The very first step in the writing process is
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called Prewriting.

10. Prewriting
The prewriting stage is when we figure
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out what we will write about and how we
will structure our essay.
To begin the prewriting stage, we start
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with brainstorming.

11. Brainstorming is:
A useful technique in writing which
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permits one to approach a topic with
an open mind.
The actual process of brainstorming
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involves writing down any word or idea
that comes to mind about the topic.
Every idea, even if it seems
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insignificant or unrelated, is valid.

12. Ways to Brainstorm
There are lots of ways to brainstorm. We’ll just talk
generally about some of them.
Freewriting-This is when you put your pen
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to paper and just write whatever comes
into your mind.
Listing/bulleting- This is when you write
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things down on a list under certain
categories that you think you might be
writing about.

13. More Brainstorming Techniques
Three perspectives -This techniques asks you to
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look at something in three different ways.
1.) Describe it.
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2.) Trace it-look at the history of the subject, how it
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has changed over time, etc.
3.) Map it-what is your subject related to, who is
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influenced by it, etc.

14. Brainstorming Techniques
(cont.)
Cubing-This is when you consider your topic
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from six different ways-1.) Describe it. 2.)
Compare it. 3.) Associate it. 4.) Analyze it. 5.)
Apply it. 6.) Argue for and against it.
Journalistic questions -Ask about your topic:
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Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?

15. An Adventure!
Now it’s time to go on an adventure! Click
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on the “To Where Is My Brain Storming”
link and get ready to set sail!
If you are needing help, please send me a
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message. I’m here to help you!