1. Expository Unit
Writing

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

3. 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.

4. 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,

5. 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

6. 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,”