Expository Midterms

English as a Global Language" by

• Parimal P. Gohil

• William Shakespeare
• J.K. Rowling
• George Orwell

ž  Check that you have all the elements of an expository essay:

• Reasons, Details, and Transition words

• Grammar, Title, Introduction, and Body

• Conclusion that re-states your topic and Correct grammar/usage

• Coherence, logic and clear writing

• Sentence, Argument, Content, Context

English also known as a?

• lengua Franka

• Linggua Franca

• Lingua Franca

• Linggua Franka

A type of writing that aims to inform, explain, describe, or define a particular topic or subject.

• Expository Writing

• Narrative Writing

• Persuasive Writing

• Descriptive Writing

Focuses on storytelling

• Expository Writing

• Narrative Writing

• Persuasive Writing

• Descriptive Writing

Seeks to convince or influence readers' opinions or actions

• Creative Writing

• Narrative Writing

• Persuasive Writing

• Descriptive Writing

Its primary goal is to explain or inform

• Creative Writing

• Expository Writing

• Persuasive Writing

• Descriptive Writing

Creative writing allows for more freedom of expression and imaginative storytelling

• Creative Writing

• Expository Writing

• Narrative Writing

• Descriptive Writing

4 Types of expository writing

• Descriptive, Narrative, Persuasive, Creative

• Descriptive, Persuasive, Argumentative, Cause and Effect

• Descriptive, Narrative, Argumentative, Cause and Effect

• Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Process

4 Key purposes of expository writing

• To explain, describe, inform, and define

• To argue, persuade, entertain and narrate
• To criticize, evaluate, interpret and analyze
• To summarize, compare, contrast and classify