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As our text explains, the general purpose for expository writing is to explain and explore, and typical examples include:
- Essays
- Nonfiction articles in journals, magazines, and other periodicals
- Business and technical reports
- Nonfiction books
Other examples of expository writing are all around us as instructions--user guides for software, the text on food packaging, and the text on the dashboard of your car--all these are exposition, because they explain things. These instructions can often be single words (Stop) or short phrases rather than longer discourses. Noticing this helps you to put exposition in perspective as something you encounter every day in multiple different contexts, and it affects your everyday life in ways you generally don't notice. Most people will write expositions at school and at work in the form of reports and essays, and will need to be able to analyze expository works like articles, reports, and books. An understanding of the methods, patterns, and typical strategies for effective explanations will help you both in reading and writing this type of text.
For this discussion, please do the following:
1. Find two short examples of expository writing from your personal reading over the past few months.
2. Copy a short quote from each example.
3. Write a short post that includes the quote and a short commentary that provides context for it; where it came from and why it is an example of expository writing.
Here's an example of what your post should look like:
---start example---
Example 1: Coffee bag instructions
This example is printed on a Gevalia coffee bag:
Open: Unfold the closure tabs, unroll the top and pull the bag apart.
Close: Squeeze out the air, roll down the bag and fold the closure tabs.
