首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Exposition Exposition is writing that explains. Most of the books in university li- braries are examples of exposition. Alth
Exposition Exposition is writing that explains. Most of the books in university li- braries are examples of exposition. Alth
admin
2014-04-28
60
问题
Exposition
Exposition is writing that explains. Most of the books in university li-
braries are examples of exposition.
Although exposition is often formal and【1】______, it appears also in 【1】______
magazines and newspapers, in any place where people look for explana-
tions. It is a writing with which we attempt to control our world, whether
our means of doing so is a complicated system of philosophy or a cook book
or a medical instruction.
Exposition is a wide net. If the【2】______ purpose of the writer is to 【2】______
tell a story, the writing is【3】______ rather than exposition. If the writer 【3】______
tends to tell us how something looks, we may call it【4】______ .The subject 【4】______
of the expository writer may be people, things, ideas or a combination of
these, but always he is a man thinking, interpreting, informing and per-
suading. He is more likely to appeal to our【5】______ by using evidence and 【5】______
logic.
【6】______ seldom is a piece of writing pure exposition. So the exposito- 【6】______
ry writer will do well to remember that his primary purpose --the purpose
that guides and shapes his total organization--is to explain by【7】______ 【7】______
and to show relationships.
The writing of exposition begins in an understanding of the broad pur-
pose to be achieved. It begins in the writer’s head. Before the writing, the
expository writer must ask himself four questions: What specific purpose do
I intend to make? Is it worth making? For whom am I making? And how
can I best convey my point to my readers?【8】______ the writer has careful- 【8】______
ly answered these questions, no amount of good grammar and correct spell-
ing will save him, and his composition is already worthless even before he
begins to scrible. Once the writer is【9】______ what point he intands to 【9】______
make, his comportion is already half organized. With his reader in mind,
he has already solved many of his problems of diction and【10】______ as well.【10】______
【8】
Exposition is writing that explains. In general, it answers the questions how and why. If we go into any university library, most of the books we find on the shelves are examples of exposition. Philosophies, histories, theories of economics, studies of government and law, the investigations of science - all these have for their purpose to expain.
Although expositions, often, is formal and academic, it appears also in magzines and newspapers, in any place where people look for explanations. It is the most common kind of writing, the sort we conduct our workday affairs -the business letter, the doctor’s case study, the lawyer’s brief, the engineer’s report - and the writing with which we attempt to control our word, whether our means of doing so is a complicated system of philosophy or a cook book or a medical instruction.
Exposition, then, is a wide net. What, we may ask, is not exposition? If the guiding purpose of the writer is to tell a story, to tell merely what happened, then we say the writing is narrative rather than exposition. If the writer intends to tell us how something looks, to recreate the thing in words, we may call it description. A narrative arranges its material in time; description most often organizes in space; exposition organizes its subject by logic. The subject of the expository writer may be people, things, ideas or a combination of these, but always he is a man thinking, interpreting, informing and persuading. Although he may appeal to our emotions, he is more likely to appeal to our reason by using evidence and logic. Exposition is like a lecture, discussion or debate.
Yet seldom is a piece of writing pure exposition. Just as the lecturer tells a story or uses maps, charts, or slides to at- tract his audience and clinch his point, so the expository writer may turn to narration or description. Often these kinds of writing become so fused as to be practically recognizable: the description of the structure of an atom is as much an explanation as it is a picture. The historical narrative is as much concerned with the why and how as with what happened. Even so the traditional classification; Fication of prose into description, narration, and exposition is useful so long as we are aware of its limitations. The expository writer will do well to remember that his primary purpose - the purpose that guides and shapes his total organization- is to explain by logic and to show relationships.
The writing of exposition begins, therefore, in an under- standing of the broad purpose to be achieved. It begins, like all composition, in the writer’s head. Even before he sharpens his pencil, the expository writer must ask himself four questions: What specific purpose do I intend to make? Is it worth making? For whom am I making? And bow can I best convey my point to my readers? Unless the writer has care- fully answered each of these questions, no amount of good grammar and correct spelling will save him, and his composition is already worthless even before he begins to scrible. Deciding upon reader and purpose is easily half the task of writing. Once the writer is determined what point he intends to make, his composition is already half organized, if not completely planned. With his reader in mind he has already solved many of his problems of diction and tone as well, and however awkwardly he has expressed himself when he has done, he will know that he has fulfilled the first requirement of all writing---a definite point for definite readers.
选项
答案
Unless
解析
除非一个作者已经很好地解决这些问题,否则好的语法和认真的拼写也挽救不了他,而在他动笔写作之前,他的文章已经、文不值。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/MRpO777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
OurgreatestresponsibilityistheactivedefenseoftheAmericanpeople.Twenty-eightmonthshavepassedsinceSeptember1lth,
AdvertisementsAnintelligentpersonwillnotallowhimselftobeinfluencedbyadvertisements.Instead,hewilltrytoget
ThenovelGulliver’sTravelsiswrittenby
EtonCollegeisafamous______.
HowtoPresentaSeminarPaperToinvolvetheirstudentsmoreactivelyinthelearningprocess,manyuniversityteachersusu
AccordingtotheUNICEF,howmanychildrenaretraffickedeachyear?
Asregardsofsocialconventions,wemustsayawordaboutthewell-1.______knownEnglishclasssystem.Thisisanembarrassin
Howwelookandhowweappeartoothersprobablyworriesusmorewhenweareinourteensorearlytwentiesthanatanytimein
Theamazingsuccessofhumansasaspeciesistheresultoftheevolutionarydevelopmentofourbrainswhichhassledtotool-usi
随机试题
WaterShortageGettingwaterseems(seem)soeasyformanypeople.Youwillbe【C1】________(mistake)ifyouthinkthereisa
ICSH推荐的测定Hb的参考方法是
以假小叶形成为主要病理改变的疾病是()。
居住在甲市的吴某与居住在乙市的王某在丁市签订了一份协议,吴某将一幅名人字画以10万元的价格卖给王某并约定双方在丙市一手交钱一手交货,后吴某翻悔并电告王某自己已将字画卖给他人。王若想追究吴的违约责任,应向()法院起诉。
下列说法中正确的是()。
欧洲文艺复兴三杰不包括()。
设曲线=1(0<a<4)与x轴、y轴所围成的图形绕x轴旋转所得立体体积为V1(a),绕y轴旋转所得立体体积为V2(a),问a为何值时,V1(a)+V2(a)最大,并求最大值.
Describetheproceduresofsuppliercreditaccordingtothenumbersgiveninthefollowingcharter.
HowtoapproachReadingTestPartTwo•InthispartoftheReadingTestyoureadatextwithgapsinit,andchoosethebestse
Ateachendofthetube______,onewhichgatherslightandonewhichmagnifiestheimage.
最新回复
(
0
)