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INTRODUCTION
o Inform, explain, clarify, define or instruct. o 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.
o The writer of an expository text cannot assume that the reader or listener has prior knowledge or prior understanding of the topic that is being discussed. o The basic structures of expository text are definition, description, process (collection, time order, or listing), classification, comparison, analysis, and persuasion
Description
The author describes a topic by listing characteristics, features, and examples The author lists items or events in numerical or chronological order. The author explains how two or more things are alike and /or how they are different. The author lists one or more causes and the resulting effect or effects. The author states a problem and lists one or more solutions for the problem. A variation of this pattern is the question- and-answer format in which the author poses a question and then answers it.
Cue Words
for example: characteristics are first, second, third; next; then; finally different; in contrast; alike; same as; on the other hand reasons why; if...then; as a result; therefore; because problem is; dilemma is; puzzle is solved; question... answer
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