English 1711: Expository Essay Assignment: Explaining an Abstract Concept to Zargh the Friendly Alien
Resources: Course notes under Content on Rhetorical Modes and Development Strategies, effective thesis statements, essay organization and MLA format, and the student example essay under Content. WFS Chapter 10, Rhetorical Modes. Audience: A friendly, curious extraterrestrial and a college-level audience of your peers
Purpose:
Appropriate Point of View: Choose an appropriate point of view for your subject, purpose, and audience, and use it consistently
Length: three to four double-spaced pages
Other Requirements:
Clear thesis
Effective thesis statement: Include a clear, effective thesis statement that introduces your subject and thesis (main idea) about your subject.
Thorough development using Example, , Narration, Definition, Process Analysis, Comparison and Contrast, Classification and/or Cause and Effect, as appropriate to your subject and approach
Clear, effective topic sentences
Clear transitions from one paragraph to the next
Effective introduction and conclusion
Consistent POVchoose first, second, or third POV, but be consistent throughout.
Clear, correct grammar and spelling
Few or no sentence-level errors
Accurate, fluent word choices
Effective, correct punctuation
MLA Essay format. Even if you write your essay as a letter, it should have a first page formatted according to MLA style.
There must be no outside material in this essay. It must be 100% your own words and ideas.
The essay must be uploaded prior to the assignment deadline. Exposition allows you to explain something to your readers. Think about your subject and think about your readers: what is important for them to understand about your subject, and how can you best help them understand it? Assigned Topics: Choose ONE of the abstract concepts below to explain to Zargh: Explain the concept of success
Explain the concept of politeness
Explain the concept of happiness
Explain the concept of honor
These subjects are abstract ideas: you should narrow your focus in your thesis statement to an aspect of the idea you can discuss in three pages: for example, do not write the History of Love Since the Beginning of Time, instead, you may want to categorize types of love and provide definition and examples. Use one, some, or all of the development strategies you learned about in the Rhetorical Strategies material under Content to explain your chosen topic to your audience effectively. Those are your choices to make as a writer.
Heres your writing situation: Zargh has been observing life on Earth for a few months now, and is highly intelligent as well as friendly. He/She/It has some understanding of human beings and has the same five senses we do, but is puzzled by some of the abstract concepts, such as trust, beauty, ugliness, loyalty, and courtesy he/she/it hears people talking about, and would like you to help him/her/it understand the concept youve chosen to explain, as it is applied and practiced here on Earth by Earthlings.
If you explain your chosen concept well, Zargh has promised to solve the global problem of your choice with advanced technology from his/her/its home planet.
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