Write a paragraph to complete a sample expository essay. Then review your paragraph and the essay as a whole and make changes where needed to ensure that
the style is appropriately formal.
Your assignment should include the following elements:
• A freewriting exercise that shows how you developed your ideas for filling in a
gap in an existing expository essay
• A body paragraph built from the freewriting exercise. Any topic
• Evidence of editing for a formal style; this includes making big-picture edits, as
well as more detailed proofreading

Buckminster boy. she glared at him. "lizzie, i swear to you, as sure as i'm standing right here—that's a lie. every bit of it. every single bit." "my granddaddy said it was a lie, too." she leaned her head to one side and looked at him steadily. "so why haven't you been down to the island? " "so only you get to ask questions now? " "yes." she waited. "i haven't been down to the island because my father believes that you were using me to you stay on malaga island." "well," she said slowly. "well." "i didn't believe it, either." the sea breeze lay at their feet panting, hoping they would play with it again. based on what turner and lizzie say, which is the best conclusion that can be drawn? they are angered by the lies the adults have been spreading. neither of them is able to fully trust what the other is claiming. each trusts the other and cares a great deal about their friendship. both are worried about the troubles their friendship may bring.