On the surface, this is an expository essay which explains what a quick fix society is. However, the purpose of the essay is neither t define nor to classify. Its purpose is to persuade Americans to return to life in the slow lane. The patterns of exposition are used to argue and persuade. The writer chiefly uses the following five patterns to develop the central idea of her essay. Please find examples of them in the text:
Comparison and contrast
Definition
Exemplification
Rhetorical questions
Repetition (repetition of sentence structures and of words)