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▶ A Conclusion To help your readers know the paper has reached its end, orconclusion, see your <strong>Writing</strong> Toolbox for a page of terms that signify you are about toend your paper. You may: 1) summarize your paper, 2) write about one additional factyou found interesting, 3) ask some questions you would like to have answered in afuture paper about your subject, and/or 4) give a personal response to what you havelearned, if you thought it was interesting you must explain ‘why’, and if you did not likelearning about your subject, you must likewise explain ‘why’.PrewriteThe purpose of expository writing is to give yourreaders informationChoose a TopicStart by brainstorming a list of topics.Organize • OutliningThe facts and details in expository writing are organizedaround an introduction, a body, and a conclusionExample:The First ThanksgivingI. IntroductionA. Pilgrims had the first Thanksgiving.II. Moving to New EnglandA. Pilgrims traveled from England to New England.1. Settled Plymouth ColonyB. They wanted a better life.III. Life in New EnglandA. Pilgrims had a hard time living in New England.1. Not enough foodB. Native Americans helped the PilgrimsIV. ConclusionA. Pilgrims had a feast to celebrate their harvest.B. They shared the feast with Native Americans
▶ Writer’s ResourcesTo get more information for your report, you will haveto do research. First, write questions to guide you. Thendecide which resources you will need to answer them.▶ Use a Time LineYou can discover when an event took place by lookingat a time line. A time line is a diagram that shows when aseries of events took place. Time lines help you keep trackof the order of events.DraftOUTLINEBefore you begin writing your report, review the outlineyou have made. Plan to make a paragraph for each idea■ Remember your purpose and audience.■ Give important information about a specific topic.■ Be sure that your facts and details in each paragraph support the main idea.■ Write a strong introduction, body, and conclusion.■ Draw a conclusion based on the facts and details you presented.ReviseElaborateOne way to improve your writing is to elaborate.When you elaborate, you add important ideas, facts, anddetails that might be missing from your writing. When yourevise your expository writing, you may need to tell moreinformation about key events.
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