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Expository or Analytical Pieces

According to the Indiana Department of Education Academic Standards for English, grade 9,

9.5.3 Write expository compositions, including analytical essays, summaries, descriptive pieces, or literary analyses that:


  • gather evidence in support of a thesis (position on the topic), including information on all relevant perspectives.
  • communicate information and ideas from primary and secondary sources accurately and coherently.
  • make distinctions between the relative value and significance of specific data, facts, and ideas.
  • use a variety of reference sources, including word, pictorial, audio, and Internet sources, to locate information in support of topic.
  • include visual aids by using technology to organize and record information on charts, data tables, maps, and graphs.
  • anticipate and address readers’ potential misunderstandings, biases, and expectations.
  • use technical terms and notations accurately.

Go to our analytical essay project, semester 1

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