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1、EnglishWriting(2)LectureOne:Exposition(1)Outlineexemplificationprocessanalysiscause-effectanalysiscomparisonandcontrastclassificationdefinitionandanalogy2.Patternsofexposition1.Whatisexposition?Expositionisexplanatorywriting.Itspurposeistoexplainorcla
2、rifyapoint.Expositionmeansexplainingandmakingclear.Whenyoudescribetheprocessofmakingsomethingoftheprocedureindoingsomething,explainthecauseofsomenaturalorsocialphenomenon,reasonsofdoingsomething,orthesolutiontoaproblem,youemploytheapproachofexposition
3、.Anintroductiontoaplace,anadvertisementaboutthequalitiesofsomenewproduct,directions,oranoticemayallbelongtothistypeofwriting.Infact,expositionismostlyutilitariandescription.Inallthesecasesyoujustgiveadown-to-earthexplanationordescription.Scientists,pr
4、ofessionals,orengineersoftenusethistypeofwritingintheirwork.2.PatternsofexpositionTherearesevenpatternsofexposition,whicharelistedasfollows:exemplification,processanalysis,cause-effectanalysis,comparisonandcontrast,classification,definitionandanalogy.
5、1.ExemplificationWhatisexemplification?Exemplificationisamethodofsupportingathesisstatementwithaseriesofspecificexamplesorwithasingleextendedexample.Itisoneofthemostcommonandmostusefulmeansofdevelopingaparagraphoranessay.Inourdailyconversations,weofte
6、nprovideexamples–details,particulars,andspecificinstances–toexplainstatementsthatwemake.Hereareseveralstatementsandsupportingexamples.Example1:Thefirstdayofschoolwasfrustrating.Mysociologycoursewascanceled.Then,Icouldn’tfindthebiologylab.Andthelinesat
7、thebookstoreweresolongthatIwenthomewithoutbuyingmytextbooks.Example2:thatwashingmachineisunreliable.Thewatertemperaturecan’tbepredicted;itstopsinmidcycle;anditsometimesshredsmyclothing.Example3:Mygrandfatherisathriftyperson.Hewashesandreusesaluminumfo
8、il.Hewrapsgiftsinnewspaper.Andhe’swornthesameSundaysuitfortwentyyears.Ineachcase,theexampleshelpusseeforourselvesthetruthofthestatementthathasbeenmade.Inessays,too,exampleshelpyouraudiencefullyunderstandyourpoint.Lively,specificexamplesalsoadd
