exposition writing

ExpositionWritingThispresentationismadeandpresentedbyRichardChenTheForeignLanguageDepartmentWuyiUniversityExpositionwritingDefinition:Themethodicalexplanationofsomething.Sometimesit'stheintroductorypartthatexplainsthecontextofastory,anevent,orafact.Itprovidesthebackgroundinformation--characters,setting,etc.-neededtounderstandtheaction.ReadthefollowingtounderstandmoreExpositionwritingExpositionisexplanation.Expositorywritingisnonfictionwriting,anditsetsforthideas,facts,values,arguments,andthelike.Forexample,theessayandmuchjournalismareexpositoryinnature.Expositorywritingisatermusedfrequentlytodistinguishthatsortofprosefromthewritingweoftencallcreative,atermthattechnicallyrefersprimarilytofiction,however,thelineofdemarcationiscertainlynotalwaysclear—thefamiliaressayandthenarrativesketchoftenoverlap.ExpositionwritingExpositioncanbeanincidentalpartofadescriptionoranarrationorviveversa,oritcanbetheheartofanarticle.Asidefromclarity,thekeyproblemwithexpositioniscredibility.Whatmakesyourexplanationbelievable?ExpositionRememberthatexpositionsometimesoverlapswithnarration(tellingbysequenceortimeorder)anddescription(showingsth.Byseeing,hearing,smelling,tasting,touching).Narrationordescriptioncanbeapartofexpositionorviseversa.Exposition:howtoexplain?givingexamples/exemplificationComparisonandcontrastClassificationanddivision(discussedlater)Causeandeffect(analyzingwhatiscausewhysomethinghappen;whensomethinghappen,whatarethecause(s));problemandsolutionProcess/sequenceororderDefining(givingdefinition)Exposition:developbyexamplesFactsspeaklouderthanwords.Writersoftenuseexamples,facts,data,credentialquotationsorcitationstoexplainandconvincetheirviews.Thisisoneofthemosteffectivewaystowriteexposition.Exposition:developbyexamplesdiscussedlaterExposition:causeandeffectTheauthorlistsoneormorecausesandtheresultingeffectoreffectsorviseversa.Cause=reasoneffect=result/outcomeExposition:causeandeffect/resultCauseCauseCauseEffectExposition:causeandeffectCauseCauseCauseEffectExposition:causeandeffect/resultFarmersintheChangjiangRiverreachessufferedfromheavygrainlosethissummer.TheupperandmiddlereachesoftheChangjiangRiverwashitunprecedentedlybyflood.Locustsswarmedintotheseareasanddestroyedthecropsinthefields.Manyfarmersusedfakedseedsdeliveredbyillegalsellers.Exposition:causeandeffect/resultFarmersintheChangjiangRiverreachessufferedfromheavygrainlosethissummer.TheupperandmiddlereachesoftheChangjiangRiverwashitunprecedentedlybyflood.Locustsswarmedintotheseareasanddestroyedthecropsinthefields.Manyfarmersusedfakedseedsdeliveredbyillegalsellers.Exposition:causeandeffect/resultFarmersintheChangjiangRiverreachessufferedfromheavygrainlosethissummer.TheupperandmiddlereachesoftheChangjiangRiverwashitunprecedentedlybyflood.Locustsswarmedintotheseareasanddestroyedthecropsinthefields.Manyfarmersusedfakedseedsdeliveredbyillegalsellers.FactsorexamplesFactsorexamplesFactsorexamplesExposition:causeandeffect/resultFarmersintheChangjiangRiverreachessufferedfromheavygrainlosethissummer.TheupperandmiddlereachesoftheChangjiangRiverwashitunprecedentedlybyflood.Locustsswarmedintotheseareasanddestroyedthecropsinthefields.Manyfarmersusedfakedseedsdeliveredbyillegalsellers.a.b.c.a.b.c.a.b.c.Exposition:causeandeffectThereareseveralreasonswhysomanypeopleattendtheOlympicgamesorwatchthemontelevision.Onereasonistradition.ThenameOlympicsandthetorchandflameremindpeopleoftheancientgames.PeoplecanescapetheordinarinessofdailylifebyattendingorwatchingtheOlympics.Theyliketoidentifywithsomeoneelse'sindividualsacrificeandaccomplishment.Nationalprideisanotherreason,andanathlete'sorateam'shardearnedvictorybecomesanation'svictory.Therearenationalmedalcountsandpeoplekeeptrackofhowmanymedalstheircountry'sathleteshavewon.Exposition:causeandeffectwhy,reasonsare,if...then,because,becauseof,as,for,nowthat,since,thecauseof/thereasonfor…is…,incase(of),intheeventof,forthisreason…asaresult,therefore,so,subsequently,consequently,hence,thus,verb:cause,produce,bringout/forth,resultin,leadto,contributeto,prompt,renderRemembertousemay,might,perhaps,possibly,probably,seemingly,likely,presumably,etc.whenyouarenotsosureofthecauseoreffectandtousecertainly,definitely,surely,absolutely,100percent,perfectly,etc.whenyouaresureofthecauseandresult.effecteffectcauseExposition:causeandeffectex:writetheeffects(1-3)foreachsenteceGuangzhouisacrowdedcity,____________Jiangmenisasmallcity.________________Taiwanisontheearthquake-probebelt.____My90-year-oldgrandmalooksaftermy100-year-oldgrandpa.________________Eleinelooksprettytoday._____________Exposition:causeandeffectex:writethreecausesforeachtopicIlike/disliketheEnglishCornerinourschool.Milkisgoodforhealth.Ilike(don’tlike)fashionablegarment.Iwaslateforclasstoday.Iamhungrynow.Exposition:causeandeffectex:givethecausesoreffectsforExerciseEonPage164.Exposition:ProblemandSolutionTheauthorstatesaproblemandlistsoneormoresolutionsfortheproblem.Avariationofthispatternisthequestion-and-answerformatinwhichtheauthorposesaquestiona