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Prompt: "Without storytellers, we would understand neither ourselves nor the world about us.’Explain how this is true."

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Prompt: "Without storytellers, we would understand neither ourselves nor the world about us.’Explain how this is true."

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prompt is here:

Storytellers, like novelists, often reach to the depth of human heart, and help us understand our universal human condition;

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What should an expository thesis have? Thesis需要有什么？

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What should an expository thesis have? Thesis需要有什么？

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The thesis should outline two to three reasons that explain your position on the prompt
Use key words from the prompt to help ensure that your essay will be on task (“storyteller” or “ourselves” or “the outside world”).

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*Connect to the language of the prompt
*Concisely introduce the topic
*Clarify ambiguous terms
*Convey the essay’s style through the thesis statement

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主体段： Explain, clarify, define, or interpret the reasons you identified in the claim!

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主体段： Explain, clarify, define, or interpret the reasons you identified in the claim!

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怎么写expository开头段？How to write an expository essay introduction? 

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怎么写expository开头段？How to write an expository essay introduction? 

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1. General statement about the topic:
Use the topic word in your first sentence.

2. Provide context the reader needs to understand the topic:

3: Thesis with 2 to 3 reasons:

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Write your first paragraph! Remember, you are transitioning from your thesis statement. Use one of the following phrases: first of all, one reason, with, a vital force, a major event, a primary concern, because, a significant factor, a key feature.

1. Topic sentence

2. student logic/ personal logic

3. example(s):

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Intro Practice:  Identify general statement, context, thesis

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Intro Practice:  Identify general statement, context, thesis

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The popularity of the animated cartoon has delighted the American public for decades. As these shows evolve over the years, children and adults alike enjoy the colorful simplicity of imaginary worlds, from Mickey Mouse to Dora the Explorer. But aside from animation’s ability to take us away, TV cartoons also serve a more serious purpose: they teach us moral lessons; they have educational value; and they offer a light-hearted approach to the serious issues of an increasingly complex society.

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• First body paragraph: first of all, one reason, with, a vital force, a major event, a primary concern, because, a significant factor, a key feature

• Middle paragraphs: moreover, likewise, similarly, in contrast, furthermore, conversely, on the other hand, nevertheless, another distinctive quality, in spite of

• Final paragraph: most noteworthy, the chief outcome, especially valuable, the most substantial issue, the crux of the matter

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Body paragraph practice: identify topic sentence, personal logic, specific example(s).

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Body paragraph practice: identify topic sentence, personal logic, specific example(s).

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Take a look at the following paragraph and highlight the following: topic sentence, personal logic, specific example(s).

In addition to moral instruction, cartoons often serve educational purpose. Parents today— more so than ever before— are increasingly selective of what they expose their children to when it comes to TV, so it would make sense to infuse academic value with entertainment. In this way, everyone wins: television networks increase in sales while children learn from what they’re watching. For example, Dora the Explorer, a cartoon show for school-aged children, takes viewers on an entertaining adventure while teaching them valuable, academic lessons about culture as well as language. They have fun celebrating Latin-American holidays like Cinco de Mayo, singing along to Latin- American songs, and learning basic Spanish such as numbers and greetings. Clearly, a closer look at television cartoons reveals a deeper purpose than mere enjoyment.

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Practice: Write a thesis for each of them

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Practice: Write a thesis for each of them

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TIPS:
* The thesis should outline two to three reasons that explain your poisition on the prompt .

* Use key words from the prompt to help ensure that your essay will be on task (“storyteller” or “ourselves” or “the outside world”). You also want to specifically address how the statement is true—not false.

1. Account for the ever-increasing popularity of numbers and word puzzles.

2. What music appeals to you and why?

3. Account for the strong preference for male babies in some societies.

There are three reason for the strong preference for male babies: males enjoy more social previleges than females,

In some societies, parents prefer male babies because male is often more valued more than female, and male enjoy more cultural and economic advantages than female.

agricultural society; women are only expected to take care of

the traditional values in some agricultural dominant societies emphasize men instead of women: men are better capable of exerting physical labor. Hence in some societies, women are culturally discriminated: female workers receive lower wages and occupy implicit lower status than their male co-workers. Because of these common discriminations, parents have less intention to (are less inclined to) to have a daughter.

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1. Provide some sort of TRANSITION to trigger the essay’s closing, but do not necessarily use the traditional ‘in conclusion’ format.

• Clearly, Evidently, It appears, Therefore, Ultimately, etc.

2. Briefly summarize the main points you’ve covered in the essay without going overboard on detail reiteration; develop parallels or highlight direct contrasts if possible.
• limit this to 1-3 sentences

3. Offer a new perspective:
• offer a SOLUTION or NEXT STEPS
• present new QUESTIONS

4. show the SIGNIFICANCE of your THESIS
Include PROMPT LANGUAGE as you wrap up your address of the topic.

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Practice: identify:  the transition, restate your main points, offer a new perspective, end memorably; circle all uses of prompt language 

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Practice: identify:  the transition, restate your main points, offer a new perspective, end memorably; circle all uses of prompt language 

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Clearly, television cartoon shows can serve more than one purpose. We use them to teach moral and social behaviors, we use them to educate our people, and we use them to make sense of the complexities that underpin our day-to-day dealings. Through the art of storytelling, cartoons secretly reveal who we are as a social culture; they animate our identity. They may be hailed for their whimsy, but cartoons should also be admired for their wisdom.

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Apply it: write your own conclusion paragraph: 

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Apply it: write your own conclusion paragraph: 

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1. Transition to the essay’s closing:

2. Summarize your essay’s main points:

3.  Offer a new perspective:

4. End memorably: