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ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING

Learn the art of expository writing, essential for academic, professional, and personal communication. Explore various styles like examples, narration, and classification to develop strong essays. Practice paragraph construction and refine your writing skills for success in school and beyond.

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ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING

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  1. ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING ENGL367/447 SECOND SEMESTER ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

  2. INTRODUCTION • Familiarisation/personal presentations • Dos and don’ts/ rules: course rep, punctuality, sanctions, full participation • On preparation pre/post class sessions • Objectives • Purpose

  3. Objectives aims • By the end of the course we expect you to confidently: • Develop good paragraphs, • Develop viable/ attractive titles • Compose essays which incorporate various expository styles: Examples, Narration, Definition, Classification, Description, Analogy, Cause and effect, Process Analysis

  4. Purpose • To develop in you the skill of writing which you will need both in school and after school (long essays, exams, term papers, graduate programs, professional life) • Consequently, to equip you for the job market since all of you will require it, but some of you will land communication related jobs • To kill in you the fear of putting pen on paper (writing mania), and cause you to develop fluidity on paper/PC

  5. The purpose of speaking/writing (communication) • Seven basic functions: • To interact • To inform • To find out • To influence • To regulate • To entertain • To record The important first step to take when planning to write is to determine the purpose/audience which to a large extent will gauge the written product

  6. Expository writing, what it is • Expository (expose) is a type of writing which is aimed at explaining, unveiling a topic/issue. • It deals with facts, ideas and beliefs. • Expo writing: • Explains analyses defines compares illustrates • As a result of these functions, the following paragraphs are explored/mastered in expo writing:

  7. Types of exposition • Exemplification (examples) • Narration • Definition • Classification • Description • Analogy • Cause and effect • Process Analysis

  8. Evaluation • Quiz

  9. The Paragraph • Since this is a writing course and writing depends on the paragraph, we will whetting our paragraph skills first before we continue with expository writing • What you will do before next week’s class is get the following information:

  10. Assignment • The structure of an essay, • paragraph structure, • topic sentence, • Development • Illustration • Paragraph unity: coherence, transitions

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