THE EXPOSITORY PAPER

We have already touched on the expository paper, but let’s discuss it briefly here. Look at the adjective expository. It is derived from the noun exposition, which is the noun form of the verb expose. An expository essay exposes a subject, explaining it and illustrating it. It may be descriptive, describing something, someplace, some person, some experience, or it may be a process essay, explaining the process of making or doing something. It differs from both an argumentative paper and a position paper by its intellectual neutrality. It strives to be objective, favoring neither one position nor another.