How to Outline an Expository Essay on Alzheimer’s Disease

Writing guide
Posted on September 7, 2016

End of the line: this is the conclusion to our three-part guide on Alzheimer’s disease. The first part was 10 facts on Alzheimer’s disease for an expository essay, which helped you accumulate some solid research on all aspects of the disease.

The second part of the guide was 20 essay topics on Alzheimer’s disease, which must have proven highly useful in selecting a great topic. There was also a sample essay in that same guide to give you an idea about how to properly write an expository essay on the subject.

This final discusses how the writing process unfolds. Let’s get to it.

An expository essay on Alzheimer’s disease should have your own arguments and research. If you are quoting someone else’s research, you need to give readers your own take through comprehensive analysis.

Let’s look at how the structure works:

Opening Sentence

You need to start your paper with a statement or thesis that portrays your own mindset and the purpose of the essay. All the questions, statistics, anecdotes, quotations, analogies and definitions you add in the following paragraphs, need to reflect your original statement.

Context

It’s your duty to make sure the context is understandable. You need to choose the right context while keeping what your professor wants from you in mind. Merely assuming that the reader will understand the complexity or appreciate the simplicity is a risky way to articulate.

Supporting Evidence

No matter how impressive your arguments and claims are, they are baseless if you haven’t provided enough to prove them entirely or create a reasonable doubt in the minds of readers. The best way to create trust in the heart of the reader is by adding real-stories in the essay, in a very concise and direct way; one way to do that is by citing a first-person experience.

Transition

Make sure that the transition is smooth between paragraphs. Make it a habit to knit every single line in your paragraphs so that the last one seamlessly connects with the first line of the next paragraph. In addition, stick to discussing 1-2 points in one paragraph while elaborating on the same. Discuss further points from a new paragraph, but make sure it all flows in a smooth and coherent manner.

Conclusion

Everything is important in your custom essay but if we were to rate one specific aspect, it would have to be the conclusion. You need to compress the entire essay in that one paragraph. Here, you need to mention your thesis, arguments, the evidence that you gathered and what you would like to research and write about further on the topic in future essays.

The idea of a good conclusion isn’t to restate your thesis, but to make sure that you’ve established a firm connection with your readers. Your thesis in the conclusion shouldn’t look like a question, rather the answer to the original question.

This is where we hand it over to you and wish you the best of luck. You’re now fully equipped to write an informative expository essay on Alzheimer’s disease and really impress your professor.

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