COM 150 Assignment: Characteristics of Expository Essays (UOP)
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Assignment: Characteristics of Expository Essays
• Resources: Characteristics of Expository Essays, The Art of Cookery Web site, About
Web site, and the Fishing Florida Online Magazine Web site
• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
• Read two of the following essays:
o http://www.artofcookery.com/settingthetable.htm
o http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa062899.htm
o http://deafness.about.com/cs/cochlearfeatures/a/cochlearimplant.htm
o http://capmel.com/how_to-fillet_fish.htm
• Address the following points about the two essays you read:
o What characteristics make these essays expository?
o Identify the type of organization each author used to develop the essay (topic, time
order, space order, or informative process).
o Why do you think each author chose that type of organization for his or her essay? In
what ways does this organizational choice make the essay effective? What effect
could the author have achieved with another type of organization or another type of
expository essay?
o In what ways are these expository essays alike? In what ways are they different?
o Explain your answers.
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COM 150 CheckPoint: The Writing Process (UOP)
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CheckPoint: The Writing Process
COM 150 Effective Essay Writing
Course Syllabus Page 13
• Resource: Steps in the Writing Process
• Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum
• Address the following in 200 to 300 words:
o How does the writing process you read about in this class differ from the process you
have used in the past?
o Which step in the writing process is easiest for you to complete? Which...