EXPOSITION

LESSON

This lesson focuses on exploring and understanding the key

structural elements and language features of an expository text.
As you journey through this lesson, you will be engaged in
tasks that will ask you to write an exposition or discussion on a
familiar issue.
WHAT IS EXPOSITION?

Exposition – it is a systematic,
usually written statement about,
commentary on, or explanation
of a specific subject
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EXPOSITION
• In writing, it is important to have a clear sense of purpose. This purpose or
reason for writing about a particular topic usually serves as the basis of the
structural elements, patterns of idea development, and language features that a
writer employs in writing.

• An expository text merely presents or provides information about a particular

topic or issue. This is also sometimes called informational writing where the
writer provides facts on a given topic in a way that is educational and purposeful.
Besides merely providing facts, expository writing may also include providing
descriptions, citing reasons, presenting explanations, and enumerating steps of a
specific process.
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EXPOSITION
• Unlike in narrative writing, an expository text does not tell a story and does not
make use of emotion in presenting facts. It is fact-based and seeks to educate the
reader by presenting facts based on reliable sources. Expository texts are generally
clear, concise and organized in terms of idea development.

•In order to maintain the focus when writing, remember that they differ in terms of
purpose. An expository text seeks to inform; a narrative text aims to
entertain; and an argumentative text’s goal is to persuade readers.
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EXAMPLES OF EXPOSITION

News Articles

Instructional Manuals
Textbooks
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KEY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS IN AN EXPOSITION

While the facts in expository writing may be

presented in various ways depending on a number of
factors, most expository texts including expository
essays generally include common elements, such as
follows:
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Key Structural Elements in an Exposition

1. A clear and concise thesis statement.

Usually presented in the initial paragraph, the
thesis statement introduces the main topic or
idea and provides the overall direction for the
text.

2. Clear transitions. The use of clear and proper

transitions will glue the introduction, the body,
and the conclusion together. Without effective use
of transitions, the exposition may seem like a
disjointed collection of sentences.
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KEY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS IN AN EXPOSITION

3. A body that contains evidences and support. While

most people might think of an expository text like an
essay as something that can be written even without due
research and preparations, the use of supporting
evidences like examples and explanations forms a huge
part of a facts-based expository text.

4. An effective conclusion. It is essential to remember

that a conclusion is not only meant to summarize the ideas
presented from the introduction to the body. Instead, a
conclusion should tie the ideas altogether while
highlighting the true essence of the main idea in the text.
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KEY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS IN AN EXPOSITION

• While most expository essays typically follow the introduction-body conclusion format, other forms and
examples of exposition can take other shapes and patterns depending on how the writer intends to
present his or her ideas.

a. Cause and Effect. Here, the writer presents the information by explaining how or why a certain event or
occurrence happened [cause] and what resulted from that particular cause or occurrence [effect].
b. Comparison and Contrast. The writer presents the information by providing details as to how things,
concepts, or ideas are alike or different.
c. Description. In this structure, the topic is presented by providing descriptions about its attributes,
features, and examples.
d. Problem and Solution. The writer may present a problem and provide one or more solutions to the said
problem.
e. Sequence. In this structure, information may be presented in a way that follows numerical or
chronological sequence either explicitly or implicitly.
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Language Features of Exposition

In terms of language features commonly employed in exposition, the use of signal words
always plays a crucial role as they make clear transitions from one idea to another possible.
It also helps greatly in giving the readers a hint of where a particular idea is leading to.

because therefore for this reason

Cause and Effect consequently since as a result thus this led to due to
but on the other similar to in contrast although
Compare and hand as well as different from in the same way
Contrast however
for example for
Description instance to illustrate such as including like
a solution so that in order
Problem and since consequently therefore to
Solution
first before after then
Sequence second third finally next previously
THANK YOU
AND
THAT’S ALL
By: Prince Noel A.
Mendoza
And
Joshua Padil