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Expository Essay

Conflicts in Real Life

 

Exposition: Writing used to explain or show something difficult to understand.

 

Assignment 1:  Write an expository essay to express an opinion about one of the literary conflict types (Internal= vs. self or one of the External = vs. person, vs. society, or vs. nature). 

 

            Ideas: most entertaining, best action, most meaningful, easiest to read, most demanding of the reader, make the best films, appeal most to today’s youth, make the most impact, are the most complicated. 

 

 

OR

 

Assignment 2:  Write an expository essay to explain how teenagers’ lives are like a plot because of a main conflict they have to deal with. 

 

            Ideas:

 

1.      Address all teenagers or a specific group: students, athletes, females or males, oldest children, only child, teenage employees . . .

 

2.      What conflict do they most have to face?  vs. person, vs. society, vs. nature, vs. self?

 

3.      How? Where? Why?

 

 

Requirements;

  • At least five paragraphs, an introduction, body and conclusion
  • Topic sentences for each body paragraph
  • Examples to prove each main point (Use stories read in class, novels, literature read outside of class—be sure to explain the conflict, films, TV shows, or video games with a plot)
  • Use of transitional expressions and compound sentences
  • Use MLA format
  • See Rubric for point distribution

 

Block 1, 2, and 3: Rough Draft Due: _____________  Final Draft Due: _________

Block 5, 6, and 7: Rough Draft Due: _____________  Final Draft Due: _________

           

Value: 70 points in the writing folder 

 

 

Literary Conflicts Expository Essay

English 9

Name __________________________  Block _____ Score _____/ 70   Grade  _____

 

Grading Rubric

 

Beginner

Learning

Adequate

Excellent

Score

Introduction

Introduction is incomplete without a hook, transition or sufficient explanation leading to thesis

Hook or transition is missing or not supportive of thesis

Hook is present, but needs development to grab more attention;

clearer transition to thesis required.

Introduction contains an engaging hook and information to smoothly transition reader to the thesis statement.

 

 

 

 

 

_______/ 5

Thesis statement

No thesis statement/ thesis does not introduce main points

Claim or main point introduction needs improvement

Thesis is present, but may not clearly introduce all of the paper’s main points

 

Thesis Statement makes a strong statement about a conflict type.  Thesis includes the main points to be developed in the essay to defend or prove the opinion.

 

 

_______/ 5

Body

Insufficient evidence of structure and supporting content

Needs improvement in several areas

One or more element of body needs attention

Essay is well-structured with a separate paragraph used to explain each main point.  Paragraphs contain topic sentences. Sufficient information and examples work well together to explain each main point.  Main ideas and examples strongly relate and prove thesis.  Ideas are unified.

     

 

 

_______/40

Conclusion

Conclusion is missing or needs improvement in all areas

 

One area needs improvement

·         Conclusion contrasts the literary conflict type to others,

·         reemphasizes thesis, and

·         effectively closes essay with a clincher or tie back to hook.

 

 

_______/ 5

Mechanics

 

Uses MLA style

Student highlights at least three transitional expression used within essay to link ideas, indicate cause, place, or examples.

Student highlights two correct examples of compound sentences within the writing.

Student uses correct grammar, spelling, usage, and punctuation.

Style: avoids perfunctory statements (“This paragraph will show. . .”) and avoids addressing the reader (“you”).  Student edits “I” statements.

 

 

________/15

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