Warm-Up 2!

Write a minimum of 5 sentences.

1. Is it possible for words to have different effects on different people? Give an example.

2. What if the world were the same? Provide Pros and Cons.

Questions #1-4

1. Is the Unknown Citizen a specific

individual, or just a bunch of statistics

thrown together?

2. How does the practice of Eugenics or

population control affect individual

identity in a society?

3. Do you think the Unknown Citizen would

have anything to talk about at dinner

parties? Does he have any fun?

4. Who decides what “normal” behavior is

within a society? Does having an identity

simply refer to the way we deviate from

the norm; for example, by having “odd

views”?

Breaking the Code• Critical Elements of the Expository Essay

• T H E S I S identifiable• No preview of examples Las Vegas

style…only show your cards when you play them

• B give examples• O examples relate to thesis• D examples relate to each other• Y transitions create flow

• Conclusion reflects back to thesis

Thesis

The Roadmap to your Expository Essay

Your thesis should:

-be one sentence

-identify the topic

-explain what your essay will demonstrate about the topic

In other words…. The thesis is the road map to your paper!

It tells the reader where the essay is going to end up!