By FRANCES M. PERRY, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition,
Wellesley College.
$1.00
Exposition is generally admitted to be the most commonly used form
of discourse, and its successful practice develops keen observation,
deliberation, sound critical judgment, and clear and concise
expression. Unfortunately, however, expository courses often fail to
justify the prevailing estimate of the value of exposition, because the
subject has been presented in an unsystematized manner without variety
or movement.
¶ The aim of this book is to provide a systematized course in the
theory and practice of expository writing. The student will acquire
from its study a clear understanding of exposition--its nature; its two
processes, definition and analysis; its three functions, impersonal
presentation or transcript, interpretation, and interpretative
presentation; and the special application of exposition in literary
criticism. He will also gain, through the practice required by the
course, facility in writing in a clear and attractive way the various
types of exposition. The volume includes an interesting section on
literary criticism.
¶ The method used is direct exposition, amply reinforced by examples
and exercises. The illustrative matter is taken from many and varied
sources, but much of it is necessarily modern. The book meets the needs
of students in the final years of secondary schools, or the first years
of college.
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
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