Expository Writing Paragraphs

Unity Controlling idea What is your point? How do you want to make it? For whom? Why? Topic sentence Position beginning end both Implicit

Coherence Organizational options Time Space General <—> Specific Climax Comparison and contrast Analysis and classification Causes and effects Definition

Coherence Connecting ideas Heirarchy Repeated words Parallel grammatical structure Old to new information Transitional markers Addition and, also, again Cause-effect so, then Comparison but, or Concession after all, although Contrast but, yet, still (embedded) Examples that is, for instance Summary in short, so Relation after, while, then, before, later, until

Evidence Details, details, details Length Consistency Point of view Tone