What are some tips on writing a good hortatory exposition paragraph?

Answer 1

A narrative paragraph is one that describes what happens over a period of time. To make a good narrative, first you need to jot down a list of everything that happens. Write this in the order that it happened. Then, use your list to make sentences telling what happened at each time, and you have your paragraph.

You can list specific times, such as "At eight o'clock every day I start school," or you can use more general times, such as "First we cooked breakfast, then we sat down and ate." Your paragraph can cover any amount of time, too, from a few minutes to eternity.

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Larry suddenly woke up from a deep sleep. The sun was dazzling his half-open eyes, and he couldn't figure out what time it was. The door to his room was closed; the house was immersed in some sort of reckless silence. He slowly got out of his bed and approached the bench right next to the window. For a moment, he thought, he heard a tapping sound coming from the attic. Then again he heard the sound, only this time it seemed to be somewhat closer.

Answer 2

Hortatory exposition is a special type of essay or paragraph in which the author tries to get the reader to react or believe in a certain way.

Here are some things you need in a hortatory exposition:

• Focus on the writer
• Use abstract nouns, such as trust or honesty
• Use action verbs or thinking verbs
• Use modal adverbs, such as surely or certainly
• Use temporal connecting words, such as firstly, next, or lastly
• Use evaluative words, such as important, trivial, or essential
• Use passive voice
• Use simple present tense

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Answer 3

A body paragraph is a paragraph that comes between the introduction and the conclusion. Body paragraphs explain or support the main idea of the essay.

In order to write a good body paragraph, you must first have all your facts. If you have not done this already, write out a list or outline telling every fact that you know about the topic or main idea of the essay. Do your research and look up the facts if you need to!

Make each fact into a complete sentence and check for punctuation and grammar.

Write out each body paragraph using one fact as the basis; each paragraph will give one fact and explain about that fact. Make sure that the paragraph makes sense and supports your main idea.