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Writing an Expository Essay

Writing an Expository Essay

What is an Expository Essay?
While expository is just a synonym for information, strict guidelines of the expository essay ensure that the information it contains is clear and concise. An easy way to get off on the right foot in writing an expository essay is to remember that the root of expository is expose. The writer’s job is to totally expose the topic in a way that makes the information unmistakably clear to his/her audience. However, the expository essay is a totally objective composition. Differing from many other types of essay, the writer’s job is to explain and inform without offering an opinion or developing an argument. To that end, the expository essay is an impartial analysis of facts and evidence. Further evidence of its impartiality is that the expository essay is always written in the third person.


Know Your Audience
More so than in any other type of essay, when composing an expository essay it’s important to write to your audience. Judge how much background information you’ll need by asking yourself if your readers are familiar with your topic. It’s as important not to "overstate the case” as it is to provide all the relevant information on your topic. In other words, although you want to fully inform your audience, you don’t want to patronize your readers by filling your essay with general information. The goal of an expository essay is provide the reader with a full understanding of a complex process or situation.


The Expository Essay Format
The expository essay follows the standard essay format of Introduction, Body, and Conclusion. Although it is distinctly different from other types of essay, it may use the techniques of compare and contrast, cause and effect, divide and categorize, use examples, statistics and or definitions in order to meet its goal.
The expository essay introduction is a statement of the essay’s thesis and the sub-topics that will be developed within the essay body. The expository essay is generally a short composition that attempts to completely cover a narrow topic. To achieve this objective, the essay thesis needs to be well defined and narrow.
Each paragraph of the body of the expository essay must have a dominant point that directly relates to the essay thesis. All supporting sentences within each body paragraph must have a direct and factual relationship to the dominant point.
Appropriate use of transitions is also crucial to a good expository essay. Transitions confirm the organization and the logic of your composition as they allow the reader to move smoothly from point to point of your essay.
Keep sentence structures simple and clear in anticipation of potential misunderstandings. Stay away from slang and colloquialisms. Be sure to use technical terms in context and accurately. Explain acronyms and those terms that may be unfamiliar to your reader.
Conclude your expository essay by restating your thesis and summarizing the points that lead to your conclusion.

Concluding the Expository Essay
After you’ve finished your first draft, along with checking for mechanical errors, check your essay to see if you have explained your topic thoroughly. Be sure that your thesis relates to every paragraph and that supporting sentences directly relate to your dominant points.
Reorganize your essay as needed to keep your logic clear and you information in an appropriate sequence. The real conclusion of your expository essay is when your composition is a well-ordered, easy-to-understand analysis of your topic.
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Writing a College Admissions Essay

Writing a College Admissions Essay

The college admissions essay is a personal statement that puts your essay writing skills to the test. In writing a college admissions essay you’ll combine narrative, persuasive, cause and effect, descriptive, and reflective essay forms into one cohesive self-portrait. Although a large part of your essay will be autobiographical, the college admissions essay must do more than look at your past. The college admissions board wants to see that you have a well formed vision of where you are now and what you hope to accomplish in the future both during and beyond college.


Your First College Examination - Yourself
Before you begin writing a college admissions essay, consider who will read it. College admissions boards read hundreds of essays each year, many that are almost carbon copies of the next. Your essay will need to stand out from the crowd and impress the admissions board with the unique individual that is you. The most frequent criticism of college admissions essays is that the writer isn’t specific in answering the individual questions asked, especially in tailoring his/her response to the school. You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions by answering a few questions about yourself.

What is the most impressive characteristic of your personality?
What is the most distinctive element of your life story?
What about your life most influenced your choices and the goals you have set for your future.
What influenced you to choose your field of interest? Why are you well suited to the course of study you have chosen?
What are your real goals for the future? What milestones have you passed and what milestones must you pass in order to achieve your goals?
Have you left anything out that might be relevant to your personal statement? Keep thinking of questions to answer that relate to your course of study, your goals, and the school(s) to which you are applying.
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As you answer your questions, don’t write descriptive paragraphs. Just write down the information. Your answers are evidence that you’ll use in your responses to specific questions..

Your College Admissions Essay Topic
Like any essay, the introduction of your college admissions essay should introduce your topic and the main points that support your topic. Don’t make the mistake of thinking your topic is either an overview or a long-winded dissertation on your life.
The college admissions board wants to see what events in your life led you to an interest in your course of study and what makes you believe that attending their school will best help you achieve your goals. The first paragraph should be the framework and set the scene for your entire college admissions essay.
Use each paragraph of the body to elaborate on a single point with statements that both support the point and relate to the essay topic.

Example: What is the most impressive characteristic of your personality?
Wrong answer: My sense of humor is my most impressive characteristic.
Wrong answer: I was always the class clown and frequently broke up the class with my antics.
Better answer (There are no real right answers!): A strong sense of humor helps me keep an optimistic viewpoint. Although I’m not an incurable optimist, humor also helps keeps problems in perspective. My sense of humor has often been an essential tool in finding the solution to a problem. (You might follow with an example of a problem that your sense of humor helped you solve.)

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Looking at the questions above, if the question was “What is the most distinctive event of your life story?” Your answer might be that solving a particular problem was the most distinctive event and include how your most impressive characteristic, your sense of humor, helped you find the solution.

Remember: Tailor your college admissions essay to answer the specific questions asked. This is the most important thing you can do in writing a good college admissions essay.

Turn Obstacles to Your Advantage
Although we all probably would like to sweep past mistakes under the rug, in writing a college admissions essay it’s essential to face them head on. However, just acknowledging mistakes isn’t enough. For instance, if you have discrepancies in your academic record, do disclose them at some point in your personal statement. Also, explain them, not just with an excuse but with the reason for them. In addition, explain what you did or are doing to make corrections.
Have you made some “wrong choices” in your life that led you to change your path and were instrumental in setting your current goals?
Have you overcome some obstacle (physical, financial, social) that makes you a better candidate for your course of study?

Remember: Make whatever you write relevant to your course of study and your choice of school.
Know your school and be prepared to explain why you chose it with substantial, yet honest reasons.

What about its program appeals to you?
What does it offer that other schools do not?
What are your expectations in choosing the school?

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Conclude Your Essay – The Logical Choice
Conclude your college admissions essay by fashioning a summary that shows how “this” school is the logical choice. Of course, you’ll check your essay for mechanical errors, but also check your essay to be sure that:

All points relate to your topic
All points are well supported
All points lead to a logical conclusion – your application to “this” school!
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