Expository Unit Writing.

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Expository Unit Writing

Expository Texts Writing for the purpose of informing, persuading, describing, explaining, convincing, etc.

Expository writing - Non-fiction Not a story! (Narrative) Although short, story-like, examples can be used in expository texts, the point of the writing is not to tell a story. The point is to communicate an idea, explain a process or offer a solution to a problem. Therefore all expository writing is non-fiction. If stories are used, they are true stories used as examples.

Types of Expository texts Speeches - Presidential or political, “I Have a Dream” speech, running for student council speeches, valedictorian speech, Written instructions - how-to’s, owners manuals, recipes, Essays - papers written for school (at any grade - as long as it’s not a story), book reports, academic research papers,

Expository Texts we will be studying this unit Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech Speeches from Hitler, Stalin and Abraham Lincoln Various articles and informational texts

Expository Texts have… A specific purpose - to inform, persuade, propose, etc. An organizational structure - First this, then that, and finally such and such A specific audience in mind - “My fellow Americans,” “Dear student body,” “Mom and Dad,” “Teachers at DHS,” “Dear John,”