Expository Writing

About this eBook

Author

Curl, Mervin James, 1883-1955

Credits

Produced by Veronika Redfern, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PE: Language and Literatures: English

Subject

Exposition (Rhetoric)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42580

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42580

Release Date

April 22, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EXPOSITORY WRITING
2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I THE NATURE AND MATERIAL OF EXPOSITION
5. 5.CHAPTER II HOW TO WRITE EXPOSITION — The Problem — The Controlling Purpose — Source of the Controlling Purpose — a. The Subject itself — b. The Writer's Attitude — c. The Reader — d. Relative Value of Sources — The Controlling Purpose and the Emotional Reaction — "SOLEMN-LOOKING BLOKES" [5] — Proper Use of the Controlling Purpose — Practical Use of the Controlling Purpose — Selection of Material — The Ordering of the Material — AN IDYL OF THE HONEY-BEE [7] — PULVIS ET UMBRA [8] — OUTLINES — The Value of Outlines — The Form of the Outline — First Outline of "An Idyl of the Honey-Bee" — Second Outline of "An Idyl of the Honey-Bee" — EXERCISES
6. 6.CHAPTER III DEFINITION — The Process of Definition — The Two Main Classes of Definitions — General Cautions — Methods of Defining — a. The Method of Illustration — b. The Method of Comparison or Contrast — c. The Method of Division — d. The Method of Repetition — e. The Method of Elimination — f. The Method of Showing Origin, Cause, Effect — EXERCISES
7. 7.CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS — The Two Classes of Analysis — Formal Analysis — Informal Analysis — Kinds of Informal Analysis — a. Enumeration — b. Equation — c. Statement of Significance — d. Relationship — e. Statement of a Problem — Principles of Analysis — EXERCISES
8. 8.CHAPTER V MECHANISMS, PROCESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS — General Cautions — Centralization — Processes — Mechanisms — Organizations — Aids in Gaining Clearness — Aids in Gaining Interest — THE PERFECT AUTOMATIC CARPET-LAYER — EXERCISES
9. 9.CHAPTER VI CRITICISM — Requirements demanded of the Critic — a. Ability to analyze — b. Knowledge of the General Field — c. Common Sense — d. Open-mindedness — Methods of Criticism — a. The Historical Method — b. The Method by Standards — c. The Appreciative Method — Practical Helps — EXERCISES
10. 10.CHAPTER VII THE INFORMAL ESSAY — THE PRIVILEGES OF AGE [87] — A BREATH OF APRIL [88] — THE AMATEUR CHESSMAN [89] — PEOPLE — THINGS — NATURE
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII EXPOSITORY BIOGRAPHY — The Problem — The Chief Aid in Solving the Problem — The Process of Solving the Problem — 1. Defining the Character — 2. Analyzing the Character — The Use of Events in the Life — a. Choice of Events — b. Relation of Events to Personality — c. Relation to Society and Times — d. Rhetorical Value of Events — The Problem of Telling the Truth — The Danger of Making a "Lesson" — The Rhetorical Form — OLIVER GOLDSMITH [100] — EXERCISES
12. 12.CHAPTER IX THE GATHERING OF MATERIAL FOR WRITING
13. 13.INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIVE SELECTIONS
14. 14.INDEX
15. 15.Transcriber's Note

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