Name: ________________________________________________
Period: _________
Schaffer Model Expository Essay Outline
Define the text’s Purpose: _____________________ Audience: ________________________________
Presentation: ___________________ Evidence/text features: __________________________________
Role of creator: __________________________ and Subject: _________________________________.
First, read over all 3 articles provided
Then from the following options, circle which type of essay you will write.
Then, formulate your outline keeping the type of essay you chose in mind:
Descriptive or Definition essay / Sequence or Process essay /
Comparison essay / Cause and Effect essay / Problem-Solution essay
What is your THESIS? (the biggest idea of your paper that fits your choice you just circled above)
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In one sentence, what is one of the biggest ideas about your thesis?
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In one sentence, what is one of the biggest ideas about your thesis?
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In one sentence, what is one of the biggest ideas about your thesis?
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Now, using the Schaffer model, complete the following outline before you assemble your essay.
Topic sentence from what you wrote on the bottom of the front page:
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Concrete Detail #1 (facts, specifics, examples, descriptions, quotations, paraphrasing, or plot references)
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Commentary #1 (opinion, insight, analysis, interpretations, inference, personal response, feelings,
evaluations, explication, and reflection)
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Commentary #2, which starts with a transition word or phrase
Transition word/phrase and sentence:
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Concrete Detail #2 (facts, specifics, examples, descriptions, quotations, paraphrasing, or plot references)
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Commentary #1 (opinion, insight, analysis, interpretations, inference, personal response, feelings,
evaluations, explication, and reflection)
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Commentary #2, which starts with a transition word or phrase
Transition word/phrase and sentence:
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Concluding Sentence for paragraph #1 (sums up your ideas, reflects on what you said in your essay,
says more commentary about your subject, or gives a personal statement about the subject)
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Second Topic sentence from what you wrote on the bottom of the front page:
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Concrete Detail #1 (facts, specifics, examples, descriptions, quotations, paraphrasing, or plot references)
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Commentary #1 (opinion, insight, analysis, interpretations, inference, personal response, feelings,
evaluations, explication, and reflection)
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Commentary #2, which starts with a transition word or phrase
Transition word/phrase and sentence:
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Concrete Detail #2 (facts, specifics, examples, descriptions, quotations, paraphrasing, or plot references)
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Commentary #1 (opinion, insight, analysis, interpretations, inference, personal response, feelings,
evaluations, explication, and reflection)
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Commentary #2, which starts with a transition word or phrase
Transition word/phrase and sentence:
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Concluding Sentence for paragraph #2 (sums up your ideas, reflects on what you said in your essay,
says more commentary about your subject, or gives a personal statement about the subject)
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Third Topic sentence from what you wrote on the bottom of the front page:
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Concrete Detail #1 (facts, specifics, examples, descriptions, quotations, paraphrasing, or plot references)
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Commentary #1 (opinion, insight, analysis, interpretations, inference, personal response, feelings,
evaluations, explication, and reflection)
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Commentary #2, which starts with a transition word or phrase
Transition word/phrase and sentence:
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Concrete Detail #2 (facts, specifics, examples, descriptions, quotations, paraphrasing, or plot references)
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Commentary #1 (opinion, insight, analysis, interpretations, inference, personal response, feelings,
evaluations, explication, and reflection)
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Commentary #2, which starts with a transition word or phrase
Transition word/phrase and sentence:
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Concluding Sentence for paragraph #3 (sums up your ideas, reflects on what you said in your essay,
says more commentary about your subject, or gives a personal statement about the subject)
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