What is exposition?

The purpose of exposition (or expository writing) is not primarily to amuse, but to enlighten and instruct. The objective is to explain and analyze information by presenting an idea, relevant evidence, and appropriate discussion. Its essential quality is clarity. Most of the writing that you are required to do at school is expository (reports, tests, essays etc..) Similarly most of the writing you will do after school will be of this sort.
Examples of expository writing include:

• Reports
• Scientific reports
• Term papers
• Encyclopedia articles

How to write a business letter

What kind of letter is it?

A business letter is a letter written in formal language. There are many reasons to write a business letter. It could be:

• to request direct information or action from another party,
• to order supplies from a supplier,
• to identify a mistake that was committed,
• to reply directly to a request,
• to apologize for a wrong
• or simply to convey goodwill.

Narration

Tips to write a narrative essay

• Tell a story based on one of your own experiences.
• Use concrete details so that your readers can visualize what is happening. Give as many sensory details and vivid descriptions to involve the reader.
• You may use dialogue.
• Make sure that your narrative essay communicates a main idea or a lesson.
• Spend some time drafting what you can remember about the experience.
• Create an outline of the basic parts of your narrative.

Learn to write a descriptive essay.

Pre-writing

Write down notes
Try to be specific
Remember things we describe are what we

• feel: happy, angry, cold, hot ...
• see: big, large, small, tiny ...
• touch: coarse, hard, soft, smooth ...
• taste: sweet, sore, bitter,
• hear: loud, quiet, silent ...
• smell: bad, moldy, unpleasant, pleasant ...

Describe your feelings, your thoughts, your actions, ...

Pre-writing

State the "controversy" in the form of a yes/no question.

Should guns be made legal?
Is television harmful to children?

Divide your paper into two parts:

Pros	Cons
Guns can be helpful to defend ourselves from dangerous criminals... ...	Guns can be harmful, especially at the hands of irresponsible people... ...

Pre-writing

Choose one experience from your life that is interesting enough to be told.

Introduction

Think of an introduction that will make the reader eager to know more about the experience.

Body

Use simple past or past continuous tense. If something happened previous to the personal experience, use past perfect.
Write down some quick notes about the experience.
Don't worry about grammar. Take five minutes at the end to proofread your essay.
Remember every detail and try to visualize it.

How to write a cause and effect paragraph

What makes something happen is called a cause. An effect is what happens as a result of the cause. Here are a few basics on writing a coherent cause and effect paragraph.

Pre-writing

Decide whether to write about a cause or an effect or both. You can choose to discuss only the causes or only the effects of an event. Alternatively, you can discuss the causes AND effects of a certain event.
Make a list of causes or effects. Then narrow down that list to include only the most important causes or effects

Follow these steps to write a book or film review.

Pre writing

Remember and take notes of the plot of the story. What impression did it produce on you?

Writing

• Introduction: give the title and author of the book. If you're reviewing a film mention the director or actors.
• Body:
  1. Summarize the plot in a few sentences.
  2. Mention the setting: the place and time of the plot.
  3. Say something about the main characters.
  4. Say something about the content.