Write a 500-750 word essay using exemplification as a method of development
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Exemplification Essay
Write a 500-750 word essay using exemplification as a method of development.
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Do not forget to turn in an outline in the SAME document as your essay (having it at the end of the your essay is just fine).
Writing Approach
Determine exactly what point you are going to make and write it down in precise terms. Think about why you want to make this point. Develop a thesis statement (pages 47-49 in The St. Martin’s Handbook). Then choose examples and details that count for something, those that move the reader toward some goal.
Choose the best examples that honestly reflect the group or class they represent. Do not pick examples that do not support your thesis. Also, make sure that your examples display all the chief features of whatever you are illustrating.
Do not give your examples and their details in a haphazard manner; give some real thought to arranging them in the best possible order. You may use order of familiarity, climax, importance, or some other order.
If an essay develops a single example, try to have at least three important things to say about it–three areas of discussion.
For additional resources, review the following links: “Writing to Illustrate (The Exemplification Essay) Workshop“.
Writing Assignment
Purpose: to inform
Method of Development: exemplification
For topics, see the list at the end of “Chapter 5: Exemplification” in The Longman Reader.
Reminders
Brainstorm for topics.
Organize your ideas.
Check the Syllabus for due dates.
| NTENT | A significant central idea, clearly defined and supported with concrete, substantial, and consistently relevant detail | ||
| ORGANIZATION: Rhetorical and Logical Development |
Theme planned so that it progresses by clearly ordered and necessary stages and developed with originality and consistent attention to proportion and emphasis; paragraphs coherent, unified, and effectively developed; transitions between paragraphs explicit and effective. | ||
| ORGANIZATION: Sentence Structure | Sentences skillfully constructed (unified, coherent, forceful, effectively varied). | ||
| DICTION | Distinctive: fresh, precise, economical, and idiomatic | ||
| GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION, SPELLING | Clarity and effectiveness of expression promoted by consistent use of standard grammar, punctuation, and spelling. | ||
| MAJOR ERRORS | No major errors (A), not more than one major error (B) |
must include a outline
example
When you begin writing an essay outline, use the following model as a guide:
I. INTRODUCTION:
Thesis:_____________________________________________________.
II. BODY PARAGRAPH 1:
Opening Sentence:___________________________________________.
Detail 1:____________________________________________________.
Detail 2:____________________________________________________.
Detail 3:____________________________________________________.
III. BODY PARAGRAPH II:
Transition/Opening Sentence:_________________________________.
Detail 1:____________________________________________________.
Detail 2:____________________________________________________.
Detail 3:____________________________________________________.
IV. BODY PARAGRAPH III:
Transition/Opening Sentence:_________________________________.
Detail 1:____________________________________________________.
Detail 2:____________________________________________________.
Detail 3:____________________________________________________.
V. BODY PARAGRAPH IV:
Transition/Opening Sentence:_________________________________.
Detail 1:____________________________________________________.
Detail 2:____________________________________________________.
Detail 3:____________________________________________________.
VI. CONCLUSION:
Reconfirmed Thesis:_________________________________________.
Implications/Bigger Picture:__________________________________.
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