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Essay Expository Type

Expository essays aim to inform readers by comparing, exploring, and discussing topics in an objective manner. They present different views on a subject, report on events or situations, and explain complex ideas. When writing expository essays, authors should communicate ideas concisely and clearly so readers understand the key concepts. Examples discuss how families can avoid problems at state parks, statistics on student cheating, and the history of beauty standards that pressure women to be thin.

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Essay Expository Type

Expository essays aim to inform readers by comparing, exploring, and discussing topics in an objective manner. They present different views on a subject, report on events or situations, and explain complex ideas. When writing expository essays, authors should communicate ideas concisely and clearly so readers understand the key concepts. Examples discuss how families can avoid problems at state parks, statistics on student cheating, and the history of beauty standards that pressure women to be thin.

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Expository Essays

Expository essays compare, explore, and discuss problems. While there’s a bit of a storytelling element
to them, their purpose is greater than that. It’s always to explain some integral concept to the reader. As
such, they inform, describe, and explain.

When writing an expository essay, the text needs to:

Be concise and easy to understand.

Offer different views on a subject.

Report on a situation or event.

Explain something that may be difficult to understand.

Examples of Expository Essays

Ready to dive deep into a specific issue? Here are three excerpts that’ll show you how it’s done.

“This family was a victim of a problem they could have avoided-a problem that, according to Florida park
rangers, hundreds of visitors suffer each year. “Several times a month,” Ranger Rod Torres of O’Leno
State Park said, “people get scared and leave the park in the middle of the night.” Those people picked
the wrong kind of park to visit. Not that there was anything wrong with the park: The hikers camped
next to them loved the wild isolation of it. But it just wasn’t the kind of place the couple from New
Jersey had in mind when they decided to camp out on this trip through Florida.”

This sample expository essay from Thoughtful Learning relies heavily on facts and statistics to explain
the important concept of cheating.

“Did you know that 7 out of 10 students have cheated at least once in the past year? Did you know that
50 percent of those students have cheated more than twice? These shocking statistics are from a survey
of 9,000 U.S. high school students. Incredibly, teachers may even be encouraging their students to
cheat! Last year at a school in Detroit, teachers allegedly provided their students with answers to
statewide standard tests.”

The University of Victoria uses this sample essay to demonstrate the importance of straightforward
clarity in an expository essay.
“Throughout history and through a cross-section of cultures, women have transformed their appearance
to conform to a beauty ideal. Ancient Chinese aristocrats bound their feet as a show of femininity;
American and European women in the 1800s cinched in their waists so tightly, some suffered internal
damage; in some African cultures, women continue to wear plates in their lower lips, continually
stretching the skin to receive plates of larger size. The North American ideal of beauty has continually
focused on women’s bodies: the tiny waist of the Victorian period, the boyish figure in vogue during the
flapper era, and the voluptuous curves that were the measure of beauty between the 1930s and 1950s.
Current standards emphasize a toned, slender look, one that exudes fitness, youth, and health.
According to psychologist Eva Szekely, “Having to be attractive at this time... means unequivocally
having to be thin. In North America today, thinness is a precondition for being perceived by others and
oneself as healthy.” However, this relentless pursuit of thinness is not just an example of women trying
to look their best, it is also a struggle for control, acceptance and success.”

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