Expository Essay Planning Assignment

Read each question carefully. Answer each one in the space provided. You may refer to your notes and the questions you answered in your Student Guides.

Total score: ____ of 50 points

(Score for Question 1: ___ of 10 points)

• What is the topic of your expository essay? How will you focus the topic?
• What is your thesis? Write it as a thesis statement.
• What pattern of organization do you plan to use in your essay? Why did you choose this pattern?
• Write the paragraph outline of your expository essay. It should begin with the title of the essay. It should contain one entry for each paragraph of the essay.

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(Score for Question 2: ___ of 10 points)

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(Score for Question 3: ___ of 10 points)

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(Score for Question 4: ___ of 20 points)

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• Type your name and the date at the top of this page. Type or paste your draft into this document. Be sure that your draft is double-spaced and in 12 point, Times New Roman font. Save the file as:

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