1. EXPOSITORY ESSAY
SANDRA DANIELA VASQUEZ PORTES
C.C. 1.1117.526.052
TUTOR: MILLY ANDREA MUÑOZ
GROUP: 551016_20
B.A. IN THE TEACHING OF THE ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
ACADEMIC WRITING
FLORENCIA – CAQUETA
NOVEMBER , 2017
2. Expository essay is one that is characterized by providing the reader with a
detailed explanation of a given topic.
The exhibition has a clear didactic purpose. It explains something that is
complex to understand.
It is logical that in these essays, the use of explanatory or expository
paragraphs is a fundamental part.
characteristics
1.Accuracy and clarity of ideas
2. Impersonal character of syntactic constructions
3. Formal language registration
4. Utilitarian and / or didactic nature
3. • Inform others about any topic, which we have researched in advance.
• Pretend to explain, clarify a topic to others they want to learn or
deepen what they already know.
• Try to understand certain phenomena or realities, thereby modifying
the state of knowledge.
4.
5. 1. Provocative question
EXAMPLE: "Thanks to the multiple electrical devices and the Internet, it is
possible to stay 'online' practically all day long, both at home and in the
office, and that human's innate creativity has led us to develop a technology
that makes it simpler. and retained - our life, but to what extent have we
become dependent on it?
1. Use of phrases, sayings, anecdotes
2. Evaluation of the theme through its dimension and current
3. Creation of suspense
6. Take into account the thematic progression: theme / rema
• Choose the mode or modes of organization
• Keep in mind the cohesion
lexical
grammatical
Referentiality
Connectors
7. • Summary, collection of the basic aspects that have been
addressed
• Leave open the possibility of continuing to study the issue
• Propose solutions to the problems
8. I. INTRODUCTION
CONCEPTUAL AND EXPOSITION PARAGRAPH What is it? It is called youth to the stage that is lived between the early age and
adulthood, manifested in certain reactions of the imagination, in the emotional capacity, in the predominance of daring over shyness,
cravings and attachment to comfort . It is said that it is not a period of life but a state of mind, because it is considered as the stage of
freshness, vigor and splendor.
II. DEVELOPMENT
CHRONOLOGICAL PARAGRAPH How, where, when does it appear?
III. CONCLUSION
PARAGRAPH OF CONCLUSION (closes and ends the topic) what effect did it have, what caused it, what did we get with everything
investigated?
https://es.scribd.com/document/235610177/El-Ensayo-Expositivo-Ejemplo
9. REFERENCES
Raemail M. Corniel F JUNE 2. 2017, from
.https://es.slideshare.net/mabeliscf?utm_campaign=profiletracking&utm_medium
=sssite&utm_source=ssslideview
Orlando Cárdenas Ramírez, (May 1st 2013) from
https://www.aboutespanol.com/ensayo-expositivo-2879482
