W7-Exposition-（一）-definition.pptVIP

Exposition Definition * Exposition [说明文] To expose is to explain. Expository writing is not to argue but to explain, to teach, to give instructions, to provide guidance, to prove a truth, or to clear up a misunderstanding, etc. Two kinds: 1. one answers the question “how” [i.e. it explains a process]; 2. another answers the question “what” [i.e. it explains an idea, a concept, a phenomenon, an incident, a movement, etc.] Tone: usually objective and unemotional. Overview: Expository Techniques Paragraph development by example By time By space By process By classification By definition By comparison and contrast By cause and effect Warm-Up Activities 1. How to define “happiness”? First watch the clip and then give your own definition. 2. What is education and what is the meaning of education. Watch the video clip and then give your own definition. 教授=教兽？ 专家=砖家？ 大学生=大学僧？ 研究生=烟酒生？ Definition Paragraph Definition is a statement or statements about what a phenomenon, an event, a thing, or a type of person is. A paragraph in which we explain what a term means is a definition paragraph. Purposes: to introduce a new term, to explain a jargon in some academic discipline, to make clear some abstract, controversial or complicated point in an argument, to make ourselves better understood in everyday life, etc. So it can be used in almost all kinds of writings. Two Kinds of Definition dictionary-based explanation Dictionary, encyclopedia, reference book If the term is the name of an object such as table or computer, we define it according to its features. If the term is the name of a movement, an incident, or a concept such as the Second World War, we ought to follow the most commonly accepted interpretation or judgment of the event. based on facts and thus objective Two Kinds of Definition Stipulated explanation: Define a term by showing in what specific context the word is used. Terms such as power, love, human rights, freedom, mean different things to people who understand