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1、ChapterFourTypesofEssayWritingPartTwoEssayWritingI.ExpositoryEssayII.ComparisonandContrastIII.DescriptionIV.ArgumentV.AbstractAnessayisapieceofwritingseveralparagraphslonginsteadofjustoneortwoparagraphs.Itiswrittenaboutonetopic,justasaparagraphis.However,thetopi
2、cofanessayistoocomplextodiscussinoneparagraph.Therefore,youmustdividethetopicintoseveralparagraphs,oneforeachmajorpoint.Thenyoumusttiealloftheseparateparagraphstogetherbyaddinganintroductionandaconclusion.I.ExpositoryEssayThemostcommontypeofessaywritingisexposit
3、oryessayorexposition.Thepurposeofthiswritingistoinformorexplain.hewriterappealstothereadersunderstandingwithprovablefactsandwell-basedinformation,andexplainsthematerialsothatthereaderwillaccepthispointofview.Expositionisusedtoexplainanythingdifficulttounderstand
4、,forexample,theexplanationofanaturallaw,ascientificdiscovery,aninvention,orasolutiontoaproblem.I.ExpositoryEssayAnexpositoryessayhasthreemainparts:(1) Anintroductoryparagraph(2) Abody(atleastone,butusuallytwoormoreparagraphs)(3)AconcludingparagraphI.ExpositoryEs
5、sayTheintroductoryparagraphconsistsoftwoparts:afewgeneralstatementsaboutyoursubjecttoattractyourreader’sattentionandathesisstatementtostatethespecificsubdivisionsofyourtopicand/orthe“plan”ofyourpaper.Athesisstatementforanessayisjustlikeatopicsentenceforaparagrap
6、h:Itnamesthespecifictopicandthecontrollingideasormajorsubdivisionsofthetopic.I.ExpositoryEssayThebodyconsistsofoneormoreparagraphs.Eachparagraphdevelopsasubdivisionofyourtopic,sothenumberofparagraphsinthebodywillvarywiththenumberofsubdivisionsorsubtopics.Thebody
7、isthelongestpartoftheessayandcancontainasmanyparagraphsasnecessarytosupportthecontrollingideasofyourthesisstatement.Youcanorganizetheparagraphsinanessayjustasyouorganizetheideasinaparagraph,bychronologicalorder,logicaldivisionofideas,comparisonandcontrast,etc.I.
8、ExpositoryEssayTheconclusioninanessay,liketheconcludingsentenceinaparagraph,isasummaryorreviewofthemainpointsdiscussedinthebody.I.ExpositoryEssayTheonlyadditionalelem
