EXPOSITION TEXT

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