Basic Expository Writing

Part 1: Write nine (9) ideas for papers that were developed from each of the following sources: 3 from magazine articles, 3 from the media, and 3 from personal experiences.

Part 2: Choose the three (3) sets of sentences that you think you would most like to develop into a paper. Check to make sure that these sentences follow all the proper criteria, and then write these three sets of four sentences in the following format. After each set, briefly explain why would you like to write about these particular ideas.

1st set:
Thesis Sentence I:
Topic Sentence A:
Topic Sentence B:
Topic Sentence C:
Reason for choosing to write about this idea:

2nd set:
Thesis Sentence I:
Topic Sentence A:
Topic Sentence B:
Topic Sentence C:
Reason for choosing to write about this idea:

3rd set:
Thesis Sentence I:
Topic Sentence A:
Topic Sentence B:
Topic Sentence C:
Reason for choosing to write about this idea:

First sentence criteria:
1. The first sentence must be a complete sentence.
2. It should be a statement, not a question.
3. It should state an opinion, not a fact or a feeling.
4. It should make only one statement.
5. It should be general enough so that you can write more about it.

Criteria for sentences A, B and C:
1. Each of these three sentences should be about all of Sentence I, not just about some part of it.
2. None of these three sentences should repeat Sentence I or use different words to say exactly the same thing on the same level of generality.
3. Each of these three sentences should be more specific than Sentence I while covering neither more nor less than Sentence I covers.
4. Each of these three sentences should be a complete sentence.
5. Each of these three sentences should be a declarative sentence.
6. Although each of these three sentences should be more specific than Sentence I, each of them should also be general enough that more can be written about it.
7. Each of these three sentences should also be a statement of opinion, although that opinion will be more specifically defined and closer to a statement of fact than the opinion stated in Sentence I.