Expository Unit

Question 1

Expository

Answer 1

• Explainatory, informative, or definitive
• Describe an event, technicque, etc in logical order
• Tends to avoid overt personal opinion

Question 2

Exemplification

Answer 2

Aka illustration

• Uses 1 or more cases to illustrate or explain a general point or abstract concept
• many times, the essay begins with examples taht help suggest the generalizations. Sometimes they begin with a thesis and use examples to clarify

Question 3

Cause/effect

Answer 3

• Analysis of why something happened or happs
• Often a prediciton of what will or could happen
• Author tends to discuss and teach about a cause or analyze an effect or hypothesize about and effect
• Author may search to find a main cause within smaller causes or recognize and analyse a cahian of cause and effect relationships

Question 4

Compare and contrast

Answer 4

Two purposes- show each of 2 subjects disctinctly by considering both side by side; chose between two idems, ideas, etc (usually incolves evaluation)
Two forms: subject by subject (chunk by chunk) or point by point (back and forth)

Question 5

Classification and division

Answer 5

-Making sense out of seemingly unrelated or random idas about a topic

Question 6

Classification- what is it, what is the purpose, principal of classification meaning

Answer 6

-Sorting individual items into categories
Purpose: teach or simplify and complex topic; reintroduce and familiar event; evaluate
Principal of classification: the quality used to group the subject matter; usually reflected by authors purpose and audience

Question 7

types of classification

Answer 7

Binary- sort into 2 categories

Complex- multiple sorting

Question 8

Division- what is it, what is the purpose, what is the meaning doing it

Answer 8

-Breaking a whole into its parts
-Purpose: make a large and complicated subject matter smaller so we can grasp it; showing complexity to what many see as simple
authors purpose is shown through how it is broken down

Question 9

Definition essay

Answer 9

An essay used to provide a new or existing definiton

-Author gives defintion because audience is unfamiliar or audience has the worng idea

Question 10

Defintion purpose

Answer 10

Clarifies the conditions a subject has to meet-> show a reader a subject by establishing boundaries. Has to differentiate subject against other subjects that may be confused with it
-Must also define what it is not

Question 11

Parallel structure

Answer 11

Antithetical

thesis/antithesis

Question 12

Antithetical

Answer 12

Samething that is repeated is always a negative-> it is not

Question 13

Thesis/antithesis-

Answer 13

Says what it is and also what is not

Question 14

Syllogism

Answer 14

A logical pattern. Used in nature by emerson. 
A=B
B=C
so 
A=C

Question 15

Cat bird seat and on compassion

Answer 15

Cause and effect

Question 16

letter to president pierce

Answer 16

Cause and effect