Ch#8 Expository Writing
Exposition is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information or inform.
“Expository writing is factual; its purpose is to convey information about the world.(Duke&Bennett-Armistead, 2003) The information might be an explanation of the importance of recycling, the steps of how a bill becomes a low, a comparison of Islam and Christianity, or a description of the struggles facing pioneers traveling on the Oregon
Trail.”(Tompkins, p,171.)
“Expository writing is a type of writing, the purpose of which is to inform, explain, describe, or define the author's subject to the reader. Expository text is meant to deposit information and is the most frequently used type of writing by students in colleges and universities.”(Wikipedia)
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