. Genre:  Exposition

1. What is exposition?

Exposition means expounding or explaining.

2. Who are most likely to use the expository writing style?

 It is most frequently used by a student, a scientist, or a professional.

3. In which scope and field do they use it?

An expository paper explains or explores sth., such as the process of making a machine, the causes of a natural or social phenomenon, the planning of a project, or the solution of a problem. That is, use an expository writing when we explain how the object is made, how it is used, and how it may change. It mainly deals with processes and relationships.

4. What is the most important quality of exposition? How to achieve it?

The most important quality of exposition is clarity. To achieve this the writer should:

1) Limit his subject or the scope of discussion, for it’s impossible to explain many things clearly in a short essay.

2) Prepare enough material (details of examples) to help his explanation; the reader often finds abstract discussions hard to follow if they are not illustrated by concrete examples.

3) Present his facts and views in proper order, in the order of time or of logical sequence depending on the nature of the subjects.  

4) Make his exposition, if possible, interesting or moving;

5. What methods are adopted for paragraph development in the expository writing?

1) illustration

— the use of example to illustrate a point, helping to clarify a writer’s thought by making the general specific, and the abstract concrete; and also adding  interest and help to persuade or convince the reader;

2) division and classification

  division—separate things into parts (glasses—[\frame, lens);      

  classification—organize things which share certain qualities (courses—obligatory and optional);

3) comparison and contrast

 (the subject-by-subject pattern, the point-by-point pattern);

4) analogy

—shows the similarities between two different class;

5) cause and effect;

6) definition