What is AN EXPOSITION?
An exposition is a piece of text that presents one side of an issue. The purpose of an exposition is to persuade the reader or listener by presenting one side of an argument, that is, the case for or the case against.
Examples of exposition texts include:
advertisements
spoken arguments
editorials
legal defence
Features of An exposition
Constructing a discussion
An exposition text usually has three sections. The first section introduces the author’s point of view and can preview arguments that may follow in the text. Next comes a series of arguments that aim to convince the audience. The final section is the conclusion that sums up the arguments and reinforces the author’s point of view.
Grammatical features of a discussion
Exposition texts usually include the following grammatical features:
the words that express the author's attitude (modality), for example, will, may, must, always, rarely
emotive nouns and verbs
adverbs that show a time sequence and link the arguments.
The EXPOSITION scaffold