Expository Essays (the kind on the HSPA)
Format:
Paragraph I: Introduction
A. (use an anecdote, quote, rhetorical question, interesting fact)
B. Explain the prompt
C. Thesis statement
Paragraph II: First Example
A. Topic Sentence
B. Evidence
C. Therefore what??? Tie back to the thesis
Paragraph III: Second Example
A. Topic Sentence
B. Evidence
C. Therefore what??? tie back to the thesis
Paragraph IV: Conclusion
A. Answer the question "so what?" or "if not, what?"
B. Tie back to the quote or prompt
Check out my sample essay I wrote below.
Paragraph I: Introduction
A. (use an anecdote, quote, rhetorical question, interesting fact)
B. Explain the prompt
C. Thesis statement
Paragraph II: First Example
A. Topic Sentence
B. Evidence
C. Therefore what??? Tie back to the thesis
Paragraph III: Second Example
A. Topic Sentence
B. Evidence
C. Therefore what??? tie back to the thesis
Paragraph IV: Conclusion
A. Answer the question "so what?" or "if not, what?"
B. Tie back to the quote or prompt
Check out my sample essay I wrote below.
benjamin_franklin_once_said_expository.docx | |
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