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Exposition: Instructions Flashcards

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Analogy

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A similarity or agreement

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Antithesis

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A contrast or opposition

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argumentation

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The type of composition that attempts to convince the reader of a point of view or opinion

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Characteristic

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Typical; distinctive

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Chronological

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Arranged in order of occurrence

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Clarity

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Clearness

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Credible

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Capable of being believed

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Description

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Type of composition that creates word pictures for the reader to see

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Exposition

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Type of composition that explains something

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Narration

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Type of composition that tells a story

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Objective

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Not influenced by personal feeling

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Precise

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Strictly accurate; exact

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Telegraphic

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Using a minimum of words

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Purpose of description?

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Use word pictured that clearly depict a person or object, s scene or setting

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In description, the writer uses?

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Vivid adjectives and verbs to create concrete images in reader’s mind

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Chief purpose of narration is?

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To interest and entertain; may be used to instruct and inform; tells a story based on fact or fiction

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Purpose of exposition is?

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To explain

18
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The word “exposition” is derived from?

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Latin word “exponere” meaning “to put forth, to expose.”

19
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Exposition strives to?

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Give complete and accurate information about some subject

20
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Exposition depends on?

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Actual facts, events, and ideas

21
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Three general categories of expository composition?

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Deals with the explanation of facts, events, and ideas

22
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Example of most purest form of expository writing?

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A recipe

23
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Instruction sheets

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Another form of factual expository writing

24
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An instruction sheet should contain most or all of the following eight points:

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  1. Title
  2. Subtitle
  3. Numbered steps
  4. Explanation of how
  5. Explanation of why
  6. Use of examples
  7. Use of contrast, or antithesis
  8. Use of comparison, or analogy
25
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‘How-to’ articles

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One of most popular form of writing today

26
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More books and magazine articles are published telling how to do something than any other printed matter with the exception of?

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The Bible

27
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“How-to” articles and all expository writing?

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Are telegraphic in style; they use only words necessary to give clear directions

28
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“How-to” articles avoid?

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Descriptive adjectives

29
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Genesis chapter 6

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God gave Noah specific instructions on how to build and outfit an ark

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