Expository Essay - Bowman at Brooks



|Expository Essay |

|-an essay which shares, explains, suggests, or explores information, emotion, and ideas |

|Introductory Paragraph |Hook Reader's Attention |Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ted Danson, and Oprah Winfrey call it home—at least seasonally. However, |

| |Provide reader with some background on |few others know of the small resort town nestled in the mountains of North Idaho. Sandpoint, |

| |your topic |which is located some forty miles south of the Canadian border, recently made the radar of the |

| |Develop a clearly written thesis |nation’s media. USA Today regards it as a Norman Rockwell-meets-Ansel Adams community. Those who|

| |statement (This is where you have |visit Sandpoint, however, simply know the small town for its huge lake, sensational ski |

| |analytically broken your topic down |mountain, and gorgeous golf course. |

| |into 3-parts) | |

|Body Paragraphs |Clearly Written topic sentence for each|Sitting at the edge of Lake Pend Oreille, Sandpoint is one of the largest freshwater lakes in |

| |body paragraph |the Northwest. Those who visit Sandpoint find the lake affords residents and tourists alike a |

| |Supporting sentences which support what|multitude of recreational activities, including boating, fishing, or just a day out with the |

| |was promised in the topic sentence |family at one of its many beaches. Because of its size, boaters are able to cut the waters with |

| | |little concern for heavy traffic. The lack of traffic also affords recreationists the |

| | |opportunity to fish with few disruptions. The lake holds a variety of species, including both |

| | |trout and bass. For those who do not prefer being on the water, Lake Pend Oreille is surrounded |

| | |by sandy beaches. The beaches can range from the quiet, slow-paced shores of Green Bay to the |

| | |busy, populated city beach located in downtown Sandpoint. |

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| | |Regardless of where you are located in Sandpoint, you can bet that you will be surrounded by |

| | |scenic mountains, including Schweitzer Mountain. Schweitzer, which is regarded as one of the |

| | |finest ski mountains in the Northwest, offers runs for the beginner through the advanced. A |

| | |three-hundred yard bunny hill is located just to the north of the lodge. The hill includes a |

| | |gradual slope with small moguls off to the side for those beginners looking for a little more |

| | |excitement. Beginners are returned to the hill's top by way of tow bar. Here, beginners can view|

| | |the runs designed for the more advanced skiers and snowboarders. These runs, which descend from |

| | |the mountain’s top to just east of the main lodge, range from winding trails to the straight |

| | |shot. Those who make their way down these slopes are returned to the mountain's top by one of |

| | |three lifts, including a high-speed quad lift. From these lifts, one can see Sandpoint and all |

| | |of its nearby communities. |

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| | |Among the communities sitting nearby Sandpoint is Kootenai, home to the Jack Nicklaus signature |

| | |golf course, The Idaho Club. The club, which is in the process of being re-landscaped, |

| | |challenges golfers with a variety of holes that both slope and dogleg through pockets of trees, |

| | |waterways, and even occasional wildlife. The course’s ninth hole, for example, drives straight |

| | |for nearly 150-yards but then doglegs left with a pocket of trees bracing the left and a small |

| | |creek to the right. Because of the creek's location and solitude, one may be able to view the |

| | |occasional moose that makes it way to this creek. |

|Concluding Paragraph |Summarize Main Body Points |Whether you are looking for the solitude of one of the lake's quiet bays, the fast paced |

| |        -Consider support in each body |excitement of downhill skiing, or the somewhere-in-between of the Idaho Club, Sandpoint has it |

| |paragraph |all. Although the sportsman's paradise, including the lake, the mountain, and the golf course, |

| |Echo Thesis |is finding an increasing amount of recognition, and a few stars are now making their way around |

| |       -Restate your thesis but in a |this recreation destination, there is still plenty of room beneath the North Idaho sky for those|

| |different way |still searching for a little "R and R." |

| |Draw Discussion to Conclusion | |

| |*Consider how you hooked your reader's | |

| |attention | |

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