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Understanding Expository Writing

Expository writing aims to inform and instruct readers rather than entertain. It presents ideas and relevant evidence in a clear, organized, and unbiased manner. Common examples of expository writing include reports, term papers, and encyclopedia articles. Key features are providing informative details, using clear language, organizing information chronologically, and taking an impersonal and unbiased tone.

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Understanding Expository Writing

Expository writing aims to inform and instruct readers rather than entertain. It presents ideas and relevant evidence in a clear, organized, and unbiased manner. Common examples of expository writing include reports, term papers, and encyclopedia articles. Key features are providing informative details, using clear language, organizing information chronologically, and taking an impersonal and unbiased tone.

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12/12/2020 Expository Writing (Exposition)

Expository writing

What is exposition?
The purpose of exposition (or expository writing) is not primarily to amuse, but to enlighten and
instruct. The objective is to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant
evidence, and appropriate discussion. Its essential quality is clarity. Most of the writing that you
are required to do at school is expository (reports, tests, essays etc..) Similarly most of the
writing you will do after school will be of this sort.

Examples of expository writing include:

Reports
Scientific reports
Term papers
Encyclopedia articles

Features of expository writing


The main features include:

Informative
Expository text is meant to deposit information
Clarity.
Using words that clearly show what the author is talking about.
Organization of the text. 
A well-written exposition remains focused on its topic and lists events in chronological order
Impersonal
Second-person instructions with "you." However, the use of first-person pronouns should be
avoided.
Unbiased
Expository essays will not overtly reveal the opinion of the writer.

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