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1、ChapterFourTypesofEssayWritingPartTwoEssayWritingI.ExpositoryEssayII.ComparisonandContrastIII.DescriptionIV.ArgumentV.AbstractAnessayisapieceofwritingseveralparagraphslonginsteadofjustoneortwoparagraphs.Itiswrittenaboutonetopic,justasaparagraphis.However,thetopicofanessayistoocomplex
2、todiscussinoneparagraph.Therefore,youmustdividethetopicintoseveralparagraphs,oneforeachmajorpoint.Thenyoumusttiealloftheseparateparagraphstogetherbyaddinganintroductionandaconclusion.I.ExpositoryEssayThemostcommontypeofessaywritingisexpositoryessayorexposition.Thepurposeofthiswriting
3、istoinformorexplain.hewriterappealstothereadersunderstandingwithprovablefactsandwell-basedinformation,andexplainsthematerialsothatthereaderwillaccepthispointofview.Expositionisusedtoexplainanythingdifficulttounderstand,forexample,theexplanationofanaturallaw,ascientificdiscovery,aninv
4、ention,orasolutiontoaproblem.I.ExpositoryEssayAnexpositoryessayhasthreemainparts:(1) Anintroductoryparagraph(2) Abody(atleastone,butusuallytwoormoreparagraphs)(3)AconcludingparagraphI.ExpositoryEssayTheintroductoryparagraphconsistsoftwoparts:afewgeneralstatementsaboutyoursubjecttoatt
5、ractyourreader’sattentionandathesisstatementtostatethespecificsubdivisionsofyourtopicand/orthe“plan”ofyourpaper.Athesisstatementforanessayisjustlikeatopicsentenceforaparagraph:Itnamesthespecifictopicandthecontrollingideasormajorsubdivisionsofthetopic.I.ExpositoryEssayThebodyconsistso
6、foneormoreparagraphs.Eachparagraphdevelopsasubdivisionofyourtopic,sothenumberofparagraphsinthebodywillvarywiththenumberofsubdivisionsorsubtopics.Thebodyisthelongestpartoftheessayandcancontainasmanyparagraphsasnecessarytosupportthecontrollingideasofyourthesisstatement.Youcanorganizeth
7、eparagraphsinanessayjustasyouorganizetheideasinaparagraph,bychronologicalorder,logicaldivisionofideas,comparisonandcontrast,etc.I.ExpositoryEssayTheconclusioninanessay,liketheconcludingsentenceinaparagraph,isasummaryorreviewofthemainpointsdiscussedinthebody.I.ExpositoryEssayTheonlyad
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