EXPOSITORY  VS. PERSUASIVE WRITING
      Expository Writing
      Writing to Explain
      Uses specific words and phrases that help the reader understand ideas.
      Shows care about the topic with voice and language appropriate for the audience.
      Is elaborated using reasons, well-chosen and specific details, examples, and/or anecdotes to support 
       ideas.
      Persuasive Writing
      Writing to Convince
      Uses specific words, phrases, and persuasive strategies that urge or encourage to support a position. 
      Shows commitment to position with voice and language appropriate for the audience.
      Is elaborated by using reasons, well-chosen and specific details, examples, anecdotes, facts, and/or 
       statistics as evidence to support arguments.
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     EXPOSITORY WRITING EXAMPLE
    Expository writing is explaining.
     In my time capsule I also think that I would want to
     include my I-Pod.  When my great-grandchildren
     opened the box and found it, they might think it was
     really old-fashioned (like a record player!), but they’d
     like to hear my favorite music.  I bet that they would
     laugh at some of the songs, but I can also picture them
     listening to the “old music” over and over again because
     it would be so different from their own.
          PERSUASIVE WRITING EXAMPLE
       Persuasive writing is convincing.
     Some late work counts as 70% credit, giving kids a C-
     which is passing. Some kids are happy because they think
     a C- is a good grade. How can we allow students to turn in
     all of their work late but still have a passing grade? The
     kids that have C-’s don’t care about their work because
     even if they turn it in late, they can still get a passing
     grade. These kids have sort of twisted the grading system
     to benefit themselves. This can no longer be allowed.
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     PERSUASION IS USED FOR MANY 
                    REASONS…
    To Support a Cause
    Urge People to Action
    Make a Change
    Prove Something Wrong
    Stir Up Sympathy
       
        With your support and donations we can save our dance program.
        Take a few hours out of your time and support your candidate by waving 
      signs on the local corner.
        
        The students at Nisqually should 
        have a wider variety of lunch options.
        Despite what many people believe, giving students access to vending 
      machines at lunch is not a bad thing.
        Without the support of people in our community, many kids will go without 
      lunch during the break.