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Writing Explanatory Essays

Student Thinks About Hot Dogs

A Chicago-style hot dog has sport peppers, a dill pickle, tomato slices, and mustard. A New York-style hot dog includes sauerkraut, onion sauce, and mustard. A Michigan-style hot dog is covered in meat chili and cheese. . . .

You can build a hot dog however you want. The ingredients you choose will impact the flavor, aroma, color, and texture.

You can also build an explanatory essay however you want. You choose the topic and focus and load the essay with facts, statistics, examples, definitions, anecdotes, explanations, and so on. If you build your essay well, readers will gobble up your ideas and ask for more!

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