This document provides information about expository essays, including their purpose, components, and examples. An expository essay explains a topic without taking a position and uses specific examples to illustrate its points. It should have an introduction with a clear thesis, three body paragraphs with evidence connecting back to the thesis, and a conclusion that restates the thesis. The document also provides references on essay writing.

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Expository Essay
Ivan Ricardo Benavides
Code: 1111198290
Falan Tolima
November of 2017

2. Expository Essay
Exposition is explanatory communication, whether in speech
or writing. So an expository essay is an organized piece of
prose which explains a specific topic or set of ideas to a
defined audience, they may also be assignments composed
outside of class. Expository essays provide information and
analysis. An expository essay may or may not have an overt
central argument, though it does set forth points of view on
the topic, whit an expository essay should be focused on a
particular topic and illustrate its points with specific examples

3. Components
Introduction
• Introductory paragraph with a clear, concise thesis.
Body
paragrahps
• Three body paragraphs that offer evidence and analysis connecting that evidence to the
thesis.
Conclusion
• A concluding paragraph that sums up the paper by reevaluating the thesis in light of the
evidence discussed in the essay’s body.

4. Example Expository Essay

5. Outline
A clear thesis or controlling
idea that establishes and
sustains your focus.
An opening paragraph that
introduces the thesis.
Body paragraphs that use
specific evidence to
illustrate your informative
or analytic points.
Smooth transitions that
connect the ideas of
adjoining paragraphs in
specific, interesting ways.
A conclusion that
emphasizes your central
idea without being
repetitive.

6. References
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Essay Writing. Arab World English Journal, 7(3), 256-270. Retrieved on December
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Bakaj, E. (2012). Everything You Need to Know About Writing a Five-paragraph Essay. Retrieved
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Carvajal, H. (2016, December 19). Academic Writing: Essays [PPT]. Bogotá: Repositorio
Institucional UNAD. Retrieved November 09, 2017, from
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