PROJECT: PREPARING EXPOSITORY ESSAYS Instructions:
To prepare for writing an expository essay, follow these steps:

Choose one of the following topics and limit it:
money
literature
vacations
sports
Chosen topic:
Limited topic:
Now, write a single sentence stating your position about your topic. This sentence will be the controlling idea of your essay, and should be precise and restricted.
Thesis sentence:
Finally, write a three-part analytical thesis about the preceding topic. (Hint: Check to see that your three parts are all related, so that your thesis is unified. Using positive statements rather than negative ones for a thesis statement is best.)
Three-part analytical thesis:
Use the analytical thesis you devised to write several related topic sentences.
Using one of the topic sentences you just wrote, write a paragraph developing that idea as fully as possible, making certain that every idea in the paragraph relates back to the thesis and is placed in a logical, effective place within the paragraph. Use transitions to guide your readers.