| Goal: |
Expository writing seeks to inform, explain, clarify, define or instruct.
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Characteristics: |
- The general characteristics of expository writing include:
- focus on main topic
- logical supporting facts
- details, explanations, and examples
- strong organization
- clarity
- unity and coherence
- logical order
- smooth transitions
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Uses: |
Expository writing appears in and is not limited to letters, newsletters, definitions, instructions, guidebooks, catalogues, newspaper articles, magazine articles, manuals, pamphlets, reports and research papers. |
| Exercises: |
- Write a story about a trip you are going to take and what friend you want to take with you. Explain why this friend would be the best person to go with you.
- Describe the cause and effects of pollution in the environment. Narrow your topic to one form of pollution, such as something that causes air, water or land pollution.
- Explain the process of baking a birthday cake.
- Find an example of expository writing; explain the elements that make this a good example.
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Additional
Internet sites: |
- The
Expository Essay
- A Think Quest entry, this site explains and offers examples
of the different kinds of expository writing.
- Expository
Writing Prompts
- A one-page article that describes this genre while also
including links to examples of expository writing.
- Expository
Writing Resources
- Visit this list for additional resources gathered by the
Web English Teacher.
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