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Expository writing requires that the writer give information, explain the topic, or define something. To accomplish that, they are best developed by the use of facts and statistical information, cause and effect relationships, or examples. Since they are factual, they are written without emotion and usually written in the third person. That means that the use of the pronoun "I" is not usually found within the essay.
Expository Writing Has a Distinct Format
* The thesis statement must be defined and narrow enough to be supported within the essay.
*Each supporting paragraph must have a distinct controlling topic and all other sentences must factually relate directly to it. The transition words or phrases are important as they help the reader follow along and reinforce the logic.
*The conclusion paragraph should originally restate the thesis and the main supporting ideas. Finally it should finish with a statement that reinforces your position in a meaningful and memorable way.
*Never introduce new material in the conclusion.
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