If you struggle to organize your ideas, use the essay outline and sentence starters below to help guide your writing on your Expository Essay (Assignment 3). This is NOT an assignment, but an optional tool to help you with Assignment #3.
Prompt question: Based on the assigned readings, how can one individual's indifference have an effect on an entire society?
Introduction:
A. Introduce the issue of indifference (Indifference is… )
B. Discuss the effects of indifference, large and small (When an individual acts with indifference…)
C. Introduce the three texts, and how they relate to indifference. (Elie Wiesel's Night, Gloria Anzaldua's "How to Tame a Wild Tongue", and "For My People" all reveal that...)
D. Thesis: (These texts reveal that an individual's indifference...).
Body Paragraph - Text #1:
A. Topic Sentence (In ___(Text Title)___, __(Group's/Character's Name)__ acts with indifference.)
B. Quote Lead-in (When… [describe an example from the text that shows indifference]
C. Quote: The author/character states… “__copy the quote here___” ( pg#).
D. Explanation: (This shows/reveals indifference/how indifference affects society because…
E. Quote Lead-in: (Another example of how indifference influences society was… [describe an example from the text that show's indifference]
F. Quote: The author/character states… “__copy the quote here___” ( pg#).
G. Explanation: (This shows/reveals indifference/how indifference affects society because…)
H. Closing Sentence: (As these examples show, in ___Text Title__, indifference…)
C. Quote: The author/character states… “__copy the quote here___” ( pg#).
D. Explanation: (This shows/reveals indifference/how indifference affects society because…
E. Quote Lead-in: (Another example of how indifference influences society was… [describe an example from the text that show's indifference]
F. Quote: The author/character states… “__copy the quote here___” ( pg#).
G. Explanation: (This shows/reveals indifference/how indifference affects society because…)
H. Closing Sentence: (As these examples show, in ___Text Title__, indifference…)
Body Paragraph - Text #2:
A. Topic Sentence (In ___(Text Title)___, __(Character's/Group's Name)__ acts with indifference.)
B. Quote Lead-in (When… [describe an example from the text that shows indifferenc.)
C. Quote: The author/character states… “__copy the quote here___” ( pg#).
D. Explanation: (This shows/reveals indifference/how indifference affects society because…)
E. Quote Lead-in: (Another example of how indifference influences society was… [describe an example from the text that show's indifference]
F. Quote: The author/character states… “__copy the quote here___” ( pg#).
G. Explanation: (This shows/reveals indifference/how indifference affects society because…)
H. Closing Sentence: (As these examples show, in ___Text Title__, indifference…)
Body Paragraph - Text #3:
A. Topic Sentence (In ___(Text Title)___, __(Group's/Character's Name)__ acts with indifference.)
B. Quote Lead-in (When… [describe an example from the text that shows indifferenc.)
C. Quote: The author/character states… “__copy the quote here___” ( pg#).
D. Explanation: (This shows/reveals indifference/how indifference affects society because…)
E. Quote Lead-in: (Another example of how indifference influences society was… [describe an example from the text that show's indifference]
F. Quote: The author/character states… “__copy the quote here___” ( pg#).
G. Explanation: (This shows/reveals indifference/how indifference affects society because…)
H. Closing Sentence: (As these examples show, in ___Text Title__, indifference…)
Conclusion:
A. Restate Your Thesis (An individual's indifference...)
B. Connect to life/society (The examples in these texts reveal…)
C. Concluding Statement (Finish with an insight about indifference… )
