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The Expository Essay


An expository essay attempts to explain the subject to the audience. This may be accomplished by explaining a process, comparing or contrasting two items, identifying a cause-effect relationship, explaining with examples, dividing and classifying, or defining. Depending upon the particular type of expository essay being written, the order of presentation of supporting details may vary. The process essay will employ chronological (time) order; the essay which compares or contrasts, explains with examples, or divides and classifies may use an order of importance (most-to-least important or least-to-most important); the essay which employs causal analysis may identify a cause and then predict its effect or start with the effect and seek to identify its cause.

The Expository Essay Goal:
Expository writing seeks to inform, explain, clarify, define or instruct.


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

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.

Example Prompts:
•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.




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