Expository Writing: Expository Writing, List 1

Expository writing is writing that presents the reader with important research and information about a topic. This list of vocabulary can help expose you to the key terms that provide the basis for good expository writing.

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  1. argumentation
    a discussion advancing reasons for and against a proposition
  2. article
    nonfictional prose forming a part of a publication
  3. assert
    claim to be true
  4. body
    the main or central part of a written work
  5. brainstorm
    try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
  6. cause
    any entity that produces an effect
  7. cite
    refer to for illustration or proof
  8. classification
    the act of distributing into categories of the same type
  9. coherence
    logical, orderly, and consistent relation of parts
  10. comparative
    involving the examination of similarities and differences
  11. concise
    expressing much in few words
  12. conclusion
    the last section of a communication
  13. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  14. contrast
    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
  15. definition
    a brief explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase
  16. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  17. describe
    give an account or representation of in words
  18. description
    a statement that represents something in words
  19. descriptive
    serving to inform
  20. dissuade
    turn away from by persuasion
  21. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
  22. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  23. explain
    make plain and comprehensible
  24. exposition
    a systematic interpretation or explanation of a topic
  25. expository
    serving to expound or set forth
Created on Tue Aug 09 10:17:47 EDT 2022 (updated Thu Aug 11 11:40:09 EDT 2022)

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