  What are the qualities of a good friend?  Describe at least two qualities and explain their importance to a friendship.  5-7 sentences Friend Quickwrite Notebook page 3

English 1 Lake Travis High School From Writing with Power

  Expository writing seeks to  Inform  Explain  Instruct  Define  Clarify What is Expository Writing?

 Examples of Expository Writing  letters  newsletters  definitions  instructions  guidebooks  catalogues  newspaper articles  magazine articles  manuals  pamphlets  reports  research papers

  Presents information/facts on a topic  Written in 3 rd person (it, he, she, they)  Uses formal language (no slang)  Straightforward  Writer is a “teacher” Characteristics of an Expository Essay

  Explain  Describe  Discuss  Compare  Contrast  Analyze  State/Explain  Inform Verbs to Look for in a Prompt:

 COMPARISON – Author explains how things are alike or different CAUSE AND EFFECT – Author lists one or more causes and the resulting effect or effects CHRONOLOGICAL- Author presents information in the order of their occurrence in time PROBLEM SOLVING - The author states a problem and lists one or more solutions for the problem Types

 Parts of an Expository Essay  Introduction – captures the attention of the reader using a rhetorical question, an interesting fact or statistic, an anecdote, etc.; include a thesis that introduces the topic or issue  Body Paragraphs – Break down parts of the topic, provide facts or quotes to support the ideas, and provide explanations or interpret facts/quotes  Conclusion – rephrase thesis, includes another rhetorical question, interesting fact, anecdote, etc. to conclude/wrap up ideas presented

 Thesis Statement  Most important sentence in an essay  Why?  Drives structure and content  Thesis should be clear, simple, and supportable

 Example  Too much/too specific:  The steam engine was invented because America is a very large country and people need to travel long distances so they could settle the frontier and find gold in California.  Just right:  The invention of the steam engine changed the landscape of America by allowing people to travel further and by speeding up the settlement of the frontier.

  Create a thesis statement for the following prompt:  It is now second semester, and you are halfway done with your freshman year! Do you know what it takes to succeed in English 1?  Write a two-pronged thesis for an expository essay explaining how to be successful in English 1. (for a stamp)  Put it on p. 2 of your journal/notebook  Complete p. 195/196 Punctuating Titles (for a grade) Your Homework: