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Expository Writing

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expository [ex-páz-a-tor-ee] adj. Describes writing that expounds (sets forth) or explains

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Expository Writing sometimes called informative or explanatory writing

explains informs

classifies

compares

contrasts

analyzes

details

interprets

defines expounds

describes

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Modes of Expository Writing

Description Process

Cause/Effect Comparison/Contrast

Problem/Solution

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Description Provides details about the features or qualities of something

Uses some or all of the five senses:

SCENE OR ITEM It looks… It sounds…

It smells… It feels… It tastes…

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Process Describes how to do something or gives a sequence of events

Order is chronological or step by step

1. First… 2. Next… 3. Finally…

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Cause/Effect Provides possible causes of a problem or describes the effects of something

Problem or Issue

Cause 1

Cause 2

Event or Phenomenon

Effect 1

Effect 2

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Comparison/Contrast Comparison describes what two things have in common (often two things that don’t seem very similar)

Contrast explains the ways two things differ (often two things that seem very similar)

Thing 1 Thing 2

Similarity 1 or Difference 1

Similarity 2 or Difference 2

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Problem/Solution Describes a problem and explores possible solutions

Another variation is question/answer (possible answers are given for a particular question)

Problem or Question Possible Solution 1 or Answer 1

Possible Solution 2 or Answer 2