ENG101
Characteristics of Expository Essays
What characteristics make these essays expository? The characteristics that make these essays expository at that they were meant to explain a topic. They are unbiased and show evidence/facts about the topic of the paper.
In what ways are expository essays similar to business communication? In what ways are they different? Expository essays are very alike to business communication because they both use facts to clarify and inform a specific subject. They are different because business communication focuses mainly on opinions as opposed to an expository essay that is supposed to be neutral and unbiased on the topic.
Identify the type of organization each author used to develop the essay: topic, time order, space order, or informative process. With the Dinner Party Do-It-Yourself paper Dinner Party Table Settings, the author gives a step-by-step procedure for organization, also known as an informative processWith the essay, Cochlear Implants the author developed the essay by organizing the information about these hearing devices in the order he or she thought would be most logical.
Why do you think each author chose that type of organization for his or her essay? In what ways does this organizational choice make the essay effective? What effect could the author have achieved with another type of organization or another type of expository essay? I believe the author of the first essay, Dinner Party Table Settings; chose the informative process because the author wanted to give step-by-step instructions on how one hosts a dinner party. This is useful because it teaches the reader in precise steps. The author could have used a space order organization method, which would have provided a more learning experience. When it came to the third essay Cochlear Implants; the author organizes the essay by topic. The author first starts off by explaining what