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You already spend a lot of time trying to persuade your parents or teachers to allow you to watch more TV or do less homework. Now you can use those same skills to write a persuasive essay!

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Writing a term paper can sometimes be frustrating. This is especially true when the student does not know what the certain guidelines are to make term...

" After teaching the five-paragraph essay early in her career, Glenda Moss now describes how it locks students into thinking it is the only way to write. "

Expository Writing

What is Expository Writing? Exposition is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information or inform. The creator of an expository text can not assume that the reader or listener has prior knowledge or prior understanding of the topic that is being discussed. One important point to keep in mind for the author is to try to use words that clearly show what they are talking about rather then blatantly telling the reader what is being discussed. Since clarity requires strong organization, one of the most important mechanisms that can be used to improve our skills in exposition is to provide directions to improve the organization of the text.

PURPOSE: In addition to providing an opportunity to practice clarity and thoroughness in writing, students are made aware of some of the subtle non-verbal messages in common social situations involving hand touching.

Activity 1: Introduction to the Genre of Memoir: Writing a Comparison/Contrast Essay, ONCE I WAS; NOW I AM (adapted from BEAT NOT THE POOR DESK, by Marie Ponsot and Rosemary Deen, Boynton/Cook Publishers, Portmouth, N.H., 1981).

The paper assignment demands information search, hence fortify research paper reasoning by way of facts you harvested when doing data mining. Bibliographical source materials need to be trustworthy within the area of your study. Where to get dependable details dealing with surrogate motherhood? The answer is, get them from reputable sources which are textbooks, digital books, surrogate motherhood related websites along with organization brochures.

"52 Ways to Write Interesting Leads or Introductions"

Use this tool to map out your argument for a persuasive essay or debate.