[Steven B. Savell]

One type of essay that you must be unaware of by name is expository essay. If we look at the literal meaning of the word 'expository', it means intended to explain or describe something. This literal meaning pretty much sums up what an expository essay is all about. To give a brief introduction, an expository essay requires the writer to explain the main idea in a straightforward manner that lies within the question. Without making an attempt to find the complexity from the roots of the topic, writers need to put forward a description and analysis supported with examples and facts rather than personal opinions as is the case in an argumentative essay too.

Following are some points that expert essay writers UK suggest are important to follow in order to be able to write a good expository essay:

1) Do not try to make it complex:


The topic or question is usually very easy and simplified and it is meant to be that way in an expository essay. Some students assume that it is unreasonable to have such easy topic at this level and so they try to drag out different meanings from the topic when in reality the questions will ask them to simple describe or explain an idea. So instead of trying to make the topic look complex, do your research if you have time or write down facts and examples you have in mind.


2) Thesis statement:


The first paragraph of an expository essay decides what grade your essay is getting, assuming you have average writing skills. The first paragraph must include a thesis statement and a wrong thesis statement destroys the whole expectations of the reader. Thesis statement is a base for every type of essay but it is highly stressed upon in expository essay because it requires an explanation of an idea and preferably three points or facts with examples to support that explanation about the topic. All of this has to be done in one sentence which forms the base for the rest of the expository essay.


3) The format:


The generally used format for an expository essay is division of content into five paragraphs with first paragraph being an introduction to the topic and a thesis statement, three paragraphs for the three points the writer mentions in the thesis statement and last paragraph being the conclusion where the entire essay is summed up. In almost every high school and college in the world, this format is used for expository essays and therefore if your teacher does not specifies a format, use this to get good marks.


4) Creativity matters:


Students often end up assuming that since the topic is easy for an expository essay, writing it would be easy too. Essay writers UK claim that simply describing or explaining an easy topic in around five hundred words is not an easy task. Students have to be creative in the sense that they must not focus completely on the topic and make the reader get into a serious mood. Creativity can be anything like adding humor in such a way that rules of expository essay are not violated and the reader enjoys the content. Being creative is an art and students must be careful when adding creativity to expository essay.


5) Conclusion:


The major rule of a conclusion is that one should never introduce a new point in it. Conclusion is meant to beautifully end your essay summing up everything in the body of the essay briefly in one paragraph. Just do not simply rewrite the thesis in conclusion as several students do but write the thesis with a flash of the evidences and facts that were provided in reference to those points in thesis. These tips can help students write an excellent piece of expository essay.