Guide for Writing an Analytical Exposition

Definition of Analytical Exposition

Exposition is a text that elaborates the writers idea about the phenomenon
surrounding. Its social function is to persuade the reader that the idea is important
matter.
Generic Structure of Analytical Exposition
1. Thesis (introduction): Introducing the topic and indicating the writers position
2. Arguments (body): Explaining the arguments to support the writers position
3. Reiteration (conclusion): Restating the writers position
Language Features of Analytical Exposition
Using relational processRelationships between and among leaders, workers,
followers, partners, co-workers, etc. People knowing
and caring about people.
Using External conjunctions enhancing by linking to real world events
(Holocaust, the Final Solution, death trains)
Using internal conjunction elaborating and itemising steps in an argument
(firstly secondly .. next finally)
Using causal conjunction the cause of an event. Because
Using Contrastive conjunction but nevertheless
Using Simple Present Tense (Bruno is a quiet boy)
NOT PAST TENSE (Bruno was a quiet boy)
Example ONE
Basic Essay
The Unhealthy Fast Food
Fast food nowadays is considered a normal eating venture. People are not just eating
out on special occasions or weekends anymore. It means that all the time they mostly
eat fast foods. However is fast food good for health?
Fast food has its popularity in the 1940s. Within a few years, fast-food operations
popped up everywhere. With the compelling rise in fast-food restaurants since the
1940s, oddly it started the rise in obesity and cancer during that same time period.
Fast food is highly processed with a wide array of additives. To ensure fast foods low
cost, the fast food products are made with highly-processed ingredients to give it
shelf-life, to hold consistency, and to enhance flavor. Fast food is altered from its
original healthy form.
It is not the calories in fast food which damage health and waistline. It is the chemical
additives such as aspartame and MSG (monosodium glutamate). Studies show that the
chemical additives lead to weight and disease issues.
So, there is absolutely nothing nutritional about fast food. Fast food simply feeds
hunger and craving.

Example TWO
2. Thorough Essay
Extract: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
..The representations constructed by the author influence the reader to accept certain
ways of thinking and seeing through the eyes of a child. In the book, The Boy in the
Striped Pyjamas, the author John Boyne has constructed diverse multiple
representations of youth in society during the holocaust. Johns construction of the
characters Bruno, Gretal and Shmuel show the different cultural assumptions,
attitudes, values, beliefs and innocence, which underpin youth and their peers. John
Boyne challenges aspects of youth discourses through the characters and relationship
of Bruno and Shmuel. The reader is therefore positioned to become aware of the
conflict between the different cultures and the youth discovering individual identities
and the pressures to conform to societal expectations. In the text, Bruno, the main
character, was constructed by John as initially being oblivious and nave to the Final
Solution. Throughout the novel Bruno is emerging into a young boy and trying to
discover his role in society and the horror of the world surrounding him. As a part of
his personal growth and discovering what is beyond his own life, he becomes
involved with a Jewish ..

How to write an Analytical Exposition

The purpose of an analytical essay is to propose and support an argument. By
analyzing the material on which the essay is based, the essay writer should develop a
position regarding the accuracy of the original information. The introduction is one of
the most important parts of an analytical essay. This is because it is in the introduction
that the reader will receive his first impression of the essayist's position
Regardless of what the essay is about, most analytical or expository essays conform
to a specific structure; they all have an introduction, a main body and a conclusion.

Before Writing
Step 1
Select your topics to provide evidence for your thesis. Try to pick something
manageable, that will fit within the space specifications of your essay.
Step 2
Organize your ideas. You can do this in several different ways. For instance, some
people will simply make a list of their ideas and select the ones they want. Other
people who think more visually might make a tree of their ideas, beginning with the
central topic and drawing "branches" to represent other ideas working from the central
topic. Some people might engage in free-writing, simply putting their ideas on paper
with no worries for structure, simply to see where their ideas go.
Step 3
Write a thesis statement. This is the single most important section of your essay. The
thesis statement is essentially a sentence that explains what your central argument or
idea is. You will use this idea to develop everything else in your essay. While thesis

statements are usually only one sentence long, they can be longer if necessary, but the
more direct your thesis, the better.
Step 4
With your thesis statement in mind, pick three or four ideas from your previous work
in Step 2 that you feel support this statement.
Step 5
Write a topic sentence for each one of these ideas. These will be the topic sentences
for each paragraph of your essay's main body.
Step 6
Plot the body of your essay. This is where the introduction--main body--conclusion
structure comes into play. Take each of the topic sentences you wrote for the main
body, and decide the order in which you wish to present them.

Writing
Step 1
Write your introduction. The introduction must include your thesis statement as well
as a summary of your topic sentences for each paragraph in the main body. You also
want to capture the reader's interest, making certain that he or she will read your essay
all the way through.
Tips
Understand the source material thoroughly. Every analytical essay is
essentially a commentary on someone else's work. This means that an
effective analytical essay writer is someone who is able to read and
understand the source material exceptionally well.
Grab the reader's attention. By including a quotation or
controversial statement in the first few lines of the introduction you
generate interest in your essay. This increases the likelihood that your
essay will leave an impression and actually influence the reader's
opinion.
Summarize the source material. This summarization is sometimes
referred to as an abstract and should be included in the introduction.
The summary should inform the reader of the title and author of the
source document as well as provide a brief overview of the source
document's main points. By including this abstract in the introduction,
the reader will have a better idea of the context in which your
argument arose.
Finish with a thesis statement. A thesis statement is a concise sentence
that outlines precisely what the main argument of your essay is. The
thesis statement is going to be the main idea or position that the
remainder of your essay is going to support. It is important that this
position be an opinion rather than a fact, since it must be something
that can be argued both for and against.

Step 2
Write a paragraph for each of the topic sentences. Expand upon how this topic
sentence supports your thesis, and provide any information you wish in support.
Step 3
Write a concluding paragraph for your essay. The conclusion must restate the thesis,
restate each of your arguments in support of the thesis, and generally bring the essay
to an effective close. Make sure to word all of these differently than you did at the
beginning and in the body. Also, make sure to never introduce any new material in the
conclusion.

Intro and Conclusion hints

Construct the Introduction using the key facts. For instance, if your subject is
"Chocolate," your introduction can be "Chocolate is a sugary concoction made out of
the cocoa bean." Write out all of the facts in the same manner.
The "thesis" is very important, it is the last sentence in the Introduction, which will
tell the readers what the essay will be about.
Build the thesis statement using three reasons to back up and support it. Your thesis
should look something like this: "Chocolate is over-rated because it is too rich, too
fattening, and not tasty."
The conclusion paragraph is much like a conclusion sentence; it ends your exposition
by summing up the points you made earlier.
Restate the importance of the topic you covered. For example, "Chocolate is enjoyed
by many people the world over." Then restate the reasons you like or dislike
chocolate. Then, in your final sentence, you will want to write a sentence that looks
toward the future, such as, "In the future, I wish to never see chocolate again," or
something to that effect.

Have Fun Grade 8!!

Make sure you hand in at least one draft to Miss Bourke, to make sure you are on the
write path.