An Expository is a factual paper. It is important that an Expository be organized and well equipped with facts. This is good for people who are left hemisphere dominant as that hemisphere of the brain focuses organization and facts. Not-so-much for people who are right hemisphere dominant because that hemisphere of the brain focuses on creativity and would rather be working on their fictional stories. It may be written in past or present tense but if started in one cannot finish in the other and will always be written in third person without the words you, I, we, our, est. to use those words would transfer your paper from an Expository to a Narrative. It is also important that you do not offer your opinion lest you transfer to a Persuasive (see chapter four). Your research must be well done so as to not have the reader confused or with questions when they finish reading your paper. You have done well when your information starts to repeat itself. Five specific facts are needed to write a paragraph, these facts can come from any of eleven sources: textbooks, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, interviews with experts, SIRS articles, magazines, newspapers, media, thesauruses, and/or dictionaries. The paper should be fifty percent your own words, ideas, and thoughts and fifty percent information weather it be facts from a paper or quoting an expert. What you research can help determine which of the six Expositions you’re doing: process, extended definition, pros and cons, comparison, contrast, and cause and effect. The first sentence you write should be your thesis statement which is a sentence that is worded so that the reader knows what they will be reading. The last sentence is the same but reworded. Be sure to be careful of plagiarizing. You need to use parenthetical citations after something you get from you sources, and remember to put your Works Cited (look up how because it changes massively often) in.
It may be written in past or present tense but if started in one cannot finish in the other and will always be written in third person without the words you, I, we, our, est. to use those words would transfer your paper from an Expository to a Narrative. It is also important that you do not offer your opinion lest you transfer to a Persuasive (see chapter four).
Your research must be well done so as to not have the reader confused or with questions when they finish reading your paper. You have done well when your information starts to repeat itself. Five specific facts are needed to write a paragraph, these facts can come from any of eleven sources: textbooks, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, interviews with experts, SIRS articles, magazines, newspapers, media, thesauruses, and/or dictionaries.
The paper should be fifty percent your own words, ideas, and thoughts and fifty percent information weather it be facts from a paper or quoting an expert.
What you research can help determine which of the six Expositions you’re doing: process, extended definition, pros and cons, comparison, contrast, and cause and effect.
The first sentence you write should be your thesis statement which is a sentence that is worded so that the reader knows what they will be reading. The last sentence is the same but reworded.
Be sure to be careful of plagiarizing. You need to use parenthetical citations after something you get from you sources, and remember to put your Works Cited (look up how because it changes massively often) in.