Controlled Writing Kinds of Writing

Model Description of Place: My dormitory room is on the second floor of Bienville Hall. It is a small rectangular room with a white ceiling and green walls. As you enter the room, straight ahead you will see two large windows with gold curtains. My bed, which is covered with a red and gold bedspread, is under the windows. Onyour left, against the wall, there is a large bookcase filled with books. Close to the door, a desk and chair sit next to the bookcase, with a small woven wastepaper basket underneath the desk. There are several posters on this wall. The one that is over the bookcase shows an interesting scene from our country. The one that is over the desk is of my favorite singer. To your right, built into the wall opposite the bookcase and desk, is a closet with sliding doors. Behind you on your right and somewhat behind the door. Is a dresser with a mirror over it. 41 Model Description of a Person: Marie has long black hair that falls down to her shoulders and surrounds her diamond-shapted face, which is usually suntanned. She has dark brown eyebrows over her blue eyes, which are rather large. Her nose is straight, and on the left side of bottom of her nose, by her nostril, is a small mole. She has a small mouth, with lips that are usually covered with light pink lipstick. Her teeth are straight and white. 42

c. Exposition

Exposition is writing with a referential aim. It seeks to explain someone or something in the world outside the writer. 43 It is used in giving information, making explanation, and interpreting meanings. It includes editorial, essay, and informative and instructional material. A writer of exposition tries to explain the logical relationship between things that exist or can be proved to have existed. The basic logical relationships upon which expositions are based, refardless of how varied they appear, are very few, they are similarity, difference, and the relationsip of the part to the whole. Model Expository Paragraph: Chocolate cake with vanillaalmond frosting provides a tasty treat for any occasion. Follow the directions for making any flavor of chocolate cake. While the cake bakes in the oven, prepare a box of vanilla frosting mix added with roasted and buttered almond slivers. Evenly coated in melted butter the almond slivers toast in a hot skill for approximately ten minutes. Thoroughly toast the 41 Regina L. Smalley, Mary K. Ruetten, and Joann Rishel Kozyrev, Refining Composition Skills Rhetoric and Grammar, Fifth Edition, Boston: Heinley Publisher, 2001, p. 62. 42 Ibid., p. 63. 43 Hefferman, op. cit., p. 89.