I need help starting my expository essay. Anyone?

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kyanthedoodle · Answer

Oh no!! I have to do that too!

anonymous · Answer

What are you doing it on?

kyanthedoodle · Answer

Nintendo.

kyanthedoodle · Answer

If I have to write a boring essay, I need to write about something I love.

anonymous · Answer

Thats cool. I grow up with the 64

anonymous · Answer

Yeah I know right. I hate writing about something your not interested in.

anonymous · Answer

Can you help me with starting my introduction?

kyanthedoodle · Answer

Well firstly, what do you want to write about?

anonymous · Answer

I have to explain to an adult what it's like to be a teenager today.

anonymous · Answer

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 broad nor too specific to be developed effectively
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 | process analysis
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:
For each body paragraph, furnish a topic sentence that directly relates to the thesis sentence
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:
An introductory paragraph should state the thesis of the essay, introduce the divisions in the body paragraphs of the essay, and gain the interest of the reader
Write a paragraph of conclusion:
Restate the thesis and divisions of the essay
Bring the essay to an appropriate and effective close
Avoid digressing into new issues

anonymous · Answer

Thank you, that helps a lot! (:

anonymous · Answer

Anytime!