Assignment 1.5: Outside the Box
2. Examples of Expository Writing
Exposition, or expository writing, is used to explain, describe, give information or inform your audience. Although we do focus on the written form of exposition, we can find it in many places. Here are some examples found in the 5 streams of ELA11.
- New Media - news cast, infographic, video
- Composition - instruction manuals, exposition in an argumentative article
- Creative Writing - exposition in classic literature, in dialogue, in prose
- Literary Studies - exposition in classical literature
- Spoken Language - video of speech, lecture