The main contents of the chapter consist of the following: Sharing your experience, basics in a box, writing your reflective essay, planning your reflective essay, steps for writing an reflective essay, topic selection, key points to consider, dos and don’ts, common mistakes, example.
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Trang 2Recap
e Sharing your experience
— Emerson and Thoreau
¢ Basics In a BoxX
e Writing Your Reflective Essay ¢ Planning Your Reflective Essay
¢ Steps for Writing an Reflective Essay
¢ Topic Selection
¢ Key Points to Consider ¢ Dos and Don’ts
¢ Common Mistakes ¢ Example
Trang 3What Is an Expository Essay? ¢ The expository essay Is a genre of essay
that requires the student to investigate:
—an idea
— evaluate evidence — expound on the idea
Trang 4What Is an Expository Essay? ¢ This can be accomplished through:
— comparison and contrast — Definition
— Example
Trang 5What Is an Expository Essay? It ¢ Gives facts
¢ Explains
¢ Gives steps In a process
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¢ Most people enjoy some type of music Think about your favorite type of music and explain why you like that particular type of music
¢ Sometimes even the best drivers can get lost at times Explain how you would direct a lost man to get back to the expressway/highway from your neighborhood
¢ Tell how to make a hamburger
YOU WILL FIND THESE WORDS IN THE ESSAY
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Essay
¢ The structure of the expository essay Is held together by the following:
— A clear, concise, and defined thesis
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Essay
¢ A bit of creativity!
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¢ Perhaps it is helpful to think of an essay in terms
of a conversation or debate with a classmate
—If | were to discuss the cause of the Great Depression and its current effect on those who lived
through the chaotic time, there would be a beginning,
middle, and end to the conversation
— In fact, if | were to end the exposition in the middle of
my second point, questions would arise concerning
the current effects on those who lived through the
Depression
— Therefore, the expository essay must be complete, and logical so, leaving no doubt as to its intent or
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P- What is your Purpose?
A- Who is your audience?
C- Content What are your ideas for details,
facts, or reasons?
O- Organization Think how you want
to structure your paper
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Essay
¢ When writing your expository essay, follow these eight basic steps:
¢ Select a topic:
— Be sure the topic is narrow enough to make it manageable within the space of an essay
¢ Write a thesis sentence:
— Be sure the thesis statement(or sentence)
expresses a controlling idea that is neither too
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Essay
¢ Select a method of development:
— Check through all the methods before you finally settle on the one which will best serve your thesis:
¢ Definition
¢ Example
* compare and contrast
* cause and effect ¢ Classification
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Essay
¢ Organize the essay:
— Begin by listing the major divisions which the body paragraphs in your essay will discuss; then fill in the primary supports that each body
paragraph of the essay will contain
¢ Write topic sentences for the body paragraphs of the essay:
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Essay
¢ Write the body paragraphs of the essay:
—Each body paragraph should develop the primary Support covered in that paragraph's topic sentence
¢ Furnish a paragraph of introduction:
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Essay
¢ Write a paragraph of conclusion:
— Restate the thesis and divisions of the essay — Bring the essay to an appropriate and
effective close
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¢ There are three main types of expository essays
— They are pieces of scholarly writing, which describe or examine a process of some kind ina comprehensive way;
°Ồ analyze a concept,
¢ describe and explore a written work or an event; or ¢ set out and explain detailed instructions or a
description of a method or procedure
¢ It is not always easy to separate these three
types
e It does become clearer after one has decided
on a topic and found a way to present an
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¢ Describing a procedure or process need not be boring or dull
— Find an interesting way to present material to the reader, without too much Irresistible detail
¢ Compare and contrast aspects of your topic in two ways:
— different methodology found in the literature, or
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¢ If using the ‘cause and effect’ method-
— ensure you match each pair correctly, and support
each example with a citation to demonstrate It truly
¢ When attempting a classification-
— write in aclear and simple way
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¢ Examples chosen to demonstrate or illustrate an argument must be suitable and relevant
— A good way to decide if an example is appropriate, Is
to try to argue against it yourself If you succeed, It
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¢ Defining is not as_ simple as_ finding something in a dictionary and copying out the description — Dictionaries are not among the most relevant of scholarly references — Good definitions can be sought in sources from the relevant literature
— Many authors start a book or journal article by writing a good definition without resorting to dictionaries, so
Trang 23Dos Do decide on your topic and method of exposition first Do read all your chosen’ sources properly
Do understand that an expository essay need not be boring or too long
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¢ Do make Sure that you paraphrase precisely and efficiently when using material found in books and journals
¢ Do avoid using blanket statements and broad generalizations:
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¢ Don’t lose track of your train of thought and deviate
¢ Don’t actively or negatively criticize the text or event In a subjective manner
— Although your opinion will be apparent from the way you arrange your argument, writing opposed
material is not the scope of any academic paper
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¢ Don't use popular expressions, colloquial
language, magazine-style prose or
commonplace examples
— Keep the argument scholarly at all times
¢ Don’t neglect to polish the writing and check the quality of argument
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"Dont introduce new material in_ the
concluding paragraph
— All concepts and ideas must be elaborated upon in
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¢ Building a whole exposition based on a Single opinion: yours!
“You need to introduce an alternate perspective, which is well Supported by reputable references
¢ Styling the essay in an emotive way:
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¢ Couching the essay in conversational language
— Having a verbal debate with others is not the same as writing a cohesive expository essay There are rules to which a careful student must conform Showing ignorance of these
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¢ Changing perspective during
development of the argument
— Being influenced by one piece of research, and then showing a conflicting argument in a Subsequent paragraph is showing lack of mental discipline
¢ Lack of planning:
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¢ Use of itrrelevant or tnaccurate
vocabulary
— The vocabulary of an expository essay needs to conform to the topic and discipline
—Engineering and _ English literature, for example, are two subjects that employ vastly different language and terminology
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¢ Too few or too many references
— Students must take care not to overload an
essay with too many facts and quotes from the literature
— Short essays of less than 2000 words rarely need the support of more than four sources — By the same token, long research works of
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The Internet and
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Personal safety threats related to the popularity of social networks, especially amongst the youngsters, is another huge Internet-related issue “They are taking us somewhere exciting, but we have to work out how we deal with the fading boundaries these tools have left in their wake, and that means rewriting our social rules as we go along”(Hoover, 2009) With the human race being a social specie by nature, it was inevitable that new advanced methods of communication would eventually be developed The Internet has revolutionized interpersonal communication since its inception with advances such as email and instant messaging More recently, websites devoted entirely to communication have emerged The most popular example of such social networks is Facebook Members of various social networks input personal data, upload photographs, and personalize many aspects of their own unique pages within the site They may then connect and share this information with as many people as they desire The social networks have gained such popularity that one is nearly certain to find their friends and
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With so many people uploading personal information, targeted marketing has become very easy and very popular Because of this very precise demographic-specific marketing capability, social networks are extremely profitable But there is always the downside, and with social networking it is primarily the issue of trust and safety Social networking puts its users in danger from those members of the web who may pose as someone they are not and should not be trusted When you only know a person over a short period of time and have never before met in person, it is very easy for that person to create a desirable self-image in your head, and this image might have nothing to do with reality When we expose our lives to the Internet community,
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Given the degree of impact the Internet has had on society in its relatively short existence, the long term implications are unforeseeable A world in which all people may communicate openly with one another,
regardless of the physical distance between them, was once no more than a very tempting idea, but is now the norm The world is very much analogous to an organism, and to quote a fictional doctor: “All organisms evolve and develop along patterns only recognized in retrospect.” So, it will probably be not sooner than until we experience the results of Internet
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How to Write a Expository Essay? Well Written Expository Essay
Steps for Writing a Expository Essay Topic Selection
Dos and Don'ts
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The Influences of Culture and
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People’s attitude towards life and the pathway their life
takes, Is affected by various factors Among them, a family,
culture, religion, the place where they grow up, their friends, can be mentioned Thus, the family influences the place where children grow up and what kind of people they
communicate with, while maturing Besides, this affects what food they eat and the external effects to which they are exposed To a large extent it determines the pathway they
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Therefore, it can be stated that grown-ups live and act in a way that Is, in many respects, determined by the environment in which they were raised, as well as by cultural peculiarities Many socio-economic circumstances tend to endure, so that an adult may experience the same financial, or social, issues as in childhood Besides, culture also has a significant impact on how persons perceive themselves and the world around them Finally, both environment and culture interact to influence the lives of individuals, determining their pathways in the early years of
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¢ What is an Expository Essay?
¢ What are the key words that show it is an expository essay?
¢ Structure of the Expository Essay
¢ A Complete Argument
¢ PACO- Technique for Brainstorming ¢ Steps for writing Expository Essay ¢ Types of Expository Essay?
¢ Key Points to Consider
¢ Dos and Don'ts
¢ Common Mistakes