What is the definition of Expository Writing?
Answer: Expository writing is a term for any form of writing that conveys information and explains ideas.
Sources: http://grammar.about.com/od/e/g/expositionterm.htm http://www.abington.k12.pa.us/copper/pdf/Writing/Expository%20Writing%20Information.pdf
What is the purpose of Expository Writing?
Answer: Its purpose is to explain, inform, convey information or describe by using logical steps in a process.
For example, it explains "how to do a task". So the writer has to write down a sequence of tasks and explain how to do each one, like writing down instructions on how to cook an omelet.
Source: http://www.alsde.edu/general/annotatedpackets/20082009/grade10annotatedexemplars-3.pdf
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_purpose_of_expository_writing
Here is an example of Expository Writing:
Note: I am directly quoting from this website:Source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Example_of_expository_writing
"In 1997, 175,000 volunteers picked up three million pounds of garbage along the coasts of the United States. As a result, both people and sea animals can enjoy cleaner and safer environments. Glass bottles, lumber, and syringes are less of a threat to barefooted beachgoers. Fewer sebirds, fish, and crabs will die entangled in plstic can holders, fishing nets, and fishing line.People put trash in the oceans, but by volunteering their time to help clean up after themselves, people are also the solution to the problem."
Source: http://learningcenter.fiu.edu/Class%20Support2/AComparisonBetweenNarrativeandExpositoryText.PDF
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