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    An exposition is a text that presents one side of an argument to persuade the reader. Expositions typically have three parts: an introduction stating the author's viewpoint, a series of arguments to convince the audience, and a conclusion summarizing the arguments. They use grammatical features like modality and emotive language to take a persuasive stance. The document provides an example of an exposition's structure and language features.

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    An exposition is a text that presents one side of an argument to persuade the reader. Expositions typically have three parts: an introduction stating the author's viewpoint, a series of arguments to convince the audience, and a conclusion summarizing the arguments. They use grammatical features like modality and emotive language to take a persuasive stance. The document provides an example of an exposition's structure and language features.

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    An exposition is a text that presents one side of an argument to persuade the reader. Expositions typically have three parts: an introduction stating the author's viewpoint, a series of arguments to convince the audience, and a conclusion summarizing the arguments. They use grammatical features like modality and emotive language to take a persuasive stance. The document provides an example of an exposition's structure and language features.

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    EXPOSITION

    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 defences
    EXPOSITION
    Features of An exposition

    Constructing a discussion

    An exposition texts usually has three sections. The first sections


    introduces the authors 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 authors 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.
    EXPOSITION
    The EXPOSITION scaffold

    1 An introductory statement
    The authors point of view is called the thesis of the argument and this is given in
    the introduction.
    The introduction can include a preview of the arguments that will follow in the next
    section of the text.
    A question or emotional statement can be used to capture the audiences attention.
    2 A series of arguments to convince the audience
    A new paragraph is used for each new argument.
    Each new paragraph begins with a topic sentence that introduces the argument.
    Details supporting the argument follow the topic sentence.
    Emotive words are used to persuade the audience to believe the author.
    3 A conclusion summing up the arguments
    The author restates his or her thesis (point of view).
    A summary of what have been stated in the section above may be included here.
    EXPOSITION
    MODEL OF An exposition

    Structures Grammatical
    Im sick of seeing so much rubbish on the roadside. features
    Last week I drove from Gosford to Terrigal and
    INTRODUCTORY
    STATEMENT
    counted more that 200 soft-drink cans and 80
    SHOWING bottles littering the kerb.
    AUTHORS POINT The recycling and Do the Right Thing EMOTIVE
    OF VIEW campaigns have obviously failed. Maybe the police LANGUAGE
    should use litter cameras as well as speed cameras
    SERIES OF
    to catch the motorists who pollute our roads.
    ARGUMENTS TO In South Australia, for example, you pay a
    CONVINCE THE deposit of five cents on bottles and cans and this
    AUDIENCE encourages people to return them rather than dump MODALITY
    them. The system should be introduced across
    Australia to encourage people to recycle rather than
    dump.
    CONCLUSION If we are to improve our environment then
    THAT ENFORCES something as simple as these ideas must be
    AUTHORS implemented now.
    POINT OF VIEW

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