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    The document provides guidelines for writing a successful expository essay according to Mrs. Miller's 1A class. It lists dos such as writing with five paragraphs using an introduction with a main idea and three supporting subtopics in three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Don'ts include writing with one long paragraph, using dialogue or elementary words, and going off topic or including errors. The dos emphasize including facts, examples, details, vivid language, planning, and proper structure, grammar, and mechanics.

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    The document provides guidelines for writing a successful expository essay according to Mrs. Miller's 1A class. It lists dos such as writing with five paragraphs using an introduction with a main idea and three supporting subtopics in three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Don'ts include writing with one long paragraph, using dialogue or elementary words, and going off topic or including errors. The dos emphasize including facts, examples, details, vivid language, planning, and proper structure, grammar, and mechanics.

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    The Do’s and Don’ts of Expository Essays

    (According to Mrs. Miller’s 1A Class)

    Do’s Don’ts

     Five paragraphs  One big paragraph as your essay


     Introduction paragraph  Use dialogue to tell a story
     FRIES (Facts, Reasons, Incidents,  Use elementary /easy /boring/
    Examples, Sensory Details, dead words
    Statistics)  Incomplete sentences (fragments)
     Write 5-7 sentences in a paragraph  Go off topic
     Use proper punctuation!  “Once Upon a Time”
     Stay on topic by having a main idea  Boring beginnings
     Organize your writing by having:  Run-on sentences (keeps going on
    Introduction, including main idea and on)
    and three subtopics
     Be repetitive or redundant (saying
    3 Body paragraphs, each one focus
    the same things over and over)
    on a subtopic
    Conclusion, which wraps it up and  Use super short, choppy sentences
    restates the main idea  Be unrealistic
     Include LOTS of details  Spell things incorrectly
     Use proper grammar  Skip lines between paragraphs
     Use onomatopoeia when effective  Write unevenly sized paragraphs
     Use spectacular words (higher level (one big, one little, etc.)
    vocabulary)/vivid verbs  Write a 3-sentence paragraph
     Write about what you know  Leave out details
     Write neatly  Use slang (ain’t, LOL, OMG, like,
     PLAN YOUR WRITING, AND WRITE TTYL)
    YOUR PLAN  Write a narrative/ a story
     Use alliteration when effective  More than one main idea
     Write in complete sentences  Write less or more than 5
     Write to explain, not to tell a story paragraphs
     Hook the reader (engaging  Incorrect grammar
    beginning)  Write sloppy
     Spell words correctly  Say “bye” at the end
     Take your time, but be mindful of  Talk to the reader
    the clock  Use someone else’s words as your
     Be cool, stay calm own (plagiarism)
     Capitalize proper nouns and
    beginnings of sentences
     Indent your paragraphs

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