Gwendolyn Said:

what's a good controversial topic for my expository writing?

We Answered:

Here's some various ideas you can try:
intelligent design
handwriting analysis and it's accuracy
obesity in America
mental health and the stigma surrounding it
the movie "Brokeback Mountain"
wicca as a religion
the benefits/detriments of Wal-mart moving in
These are all very controversial topics. I hope you like one of them. If you need help finding information let me know. Good luck!

Deborah Said:

How would i go about writing an Expository Essay on the definition of a "tragic hero"?

We Answered:

reference with Byronic Hero

Deborah Said:

Homework help needed please. I'm writing an expository essay. ?

We Answered:

J.F.K.

Martin Luther King Jnr.

Ghandi.

All of these and more besides, were good men brought down by evil. I am posting these links for you to research what you need or at least help in some small way. Good Luck.

Online Speech Bank

Index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.

http://www.history.com/media.do

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

http://library.albany.edu/usered/dr/spee…

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechba…

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/pre…

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell…

Doris Said:

I need an example of expository writing note taking?

We Answered:

Lucky for you, wikipedia can tell you what the professor is talking about when he speaks this "cornell note taking" gibberish. Here's a quote... "The student divides the paper into two columns: the note-taking column (usually on the right) is twice the size of the key word column (on the left). The student should leave five to six lines, or about two inches, at the bottom of the page. Notes from a lecture or textbook are written in the note-taking column; notes usually consist of the main ideas of the text or lecture, and long ideas are paraphrased." Good luck.

Salvador Said:

I've been told that it is very bad form to use expository writing in fiction?

We Answered:

Expository writing means telling or explaining something to the reader. Good fiction shows what is happening rather than tells. Showing means writing what the characters are doing, saying, thinking, and feeling so that the reader can experience it along with the characters. Telling means narrating or interpreting all this for the reader. Showing is writing a scene. Telling is writing a summary.

Here's an example of telling: Ann was angry. She yelled at her father and told him not to run her life.

Here's an example of showing: Ann tightened her hands into fists at her sides. Why did her father think he could run Ann's life? "You should have asked me first," she said through her clenched teeth.

The second example evokes a visual and emotional image in the readers mind while the first example gets the main idea across but in a flat, vague way. The second example never mentions that Ann is angry, but we know very well that she is. The first example is a summary, an explanation, or an interpretation of what happened. The second is writing what happened, writing a scene.

Sometimes expository writing is necessary in fiction to move the plot along faster or to explain something quickly without dwelling on it. However, good fiction relies chiefly on showing and not telling.