The rewrite of the exposition essay will be due on Thursday, February 17th.

The Unit Five vocabulary homework will be due on Tuesday, 22nd.

Bring your Holt’s Handbook tomorrow (Wednesday, February 16th)



Exposition Essay
Introduction:
You must have a hook (something that grabs your reader’s attention!)
1. Ask three questions:
a. Have you ever thought about getting a tattoo?
b. Do you know where tattoos came from
2. You can use an anecdote (short usually humorous story to make a point)
You need a thesis statement.
Thesis statement states your position and states what the essay is going to be about.
Develop thesis statement

2nd Paragraph:
(Body paragraph)
Why people get tattoos.
State one reason people get tattoos.
Use quotations or you can paraphrase (put in your own words)
Cite (or tell where you got the information) your sources.

3rd Paragraph:
Another reason people get tattoos.
(Similar to 2nd paragraph)

4th Paragraph:
Draw back to getting a tattoo
Mini-statement stating the topic of this paragraph (Drawbacks)
Give an example
Cite evidence from the packet
Give another example
Can be anecdotal

If you have thought about getting a tattoo and can’t wait until you are eighteen to get one without parental approval, you might want to think first about the drawbacks. First, there is the issue of disease. Many health officials warn about going to unlicensed tattoo parlors where the tattoo artists are untrained and the needles may be unsterilized. There have been many cases of transmissions of serious diseases, such as aids, hepatitis-B and other blood borne diseases, from the use of unsterilized needles. My cousin unfortunately developed hepatitis-b by having a prison tattoo applied with an unsterilized needle.

Conclusion
(Fifth paragraph)
You wrap up your essay by restating the main points of your essay.

How to cite:
In the article “Tattoos: Fad, Fashion or Folly” by Linda Bickerstaff, “Tattoos dated back to the stone age.”
According to Linda Bickerstaff in her article, “Tattoos: Fad, Fashion or Folly”, Tattoos dated back to the stone age.”
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Tattoos can be beautiful and can express the individual. Many people use tattoos to express the experience of their lives. They view their bodies as a canvas to express the beauty of their lives’ experiences.