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Allwynglad Posted 19 years ago
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Expository=Informative?

0Does 01b00'Expository writing' 02b00differ from 01b00'Informative writing'02b00?02br
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00I say 'yes' but my friend says 'no'.......Please help us out!!!!!02br
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0 expository: serving to elucidate or interpret, explaining well02br 00 informative: imparting knowledge, instructive02br 02br 01b 00Not 02b 00the same thing, even if they touch bases a bit. 02br 00 In the first one, the quality of explanation is paramount. 02br 00 In the 2nd, presenting just some interesting bits of information might suffice.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 expository: serving to elucidate or interpret, explaining well02br 00 informative: imparting knowledge, instructive02br 02br 01b 00Not 02b 00the same thing, even if they touch bases a bit.
  • 02br 00 In the first one, the quality of explanation is paramount.
  • 02br 00 In the 2nd, presenting just some interesting bits of information might suffice.
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0 expository: serving to elucidate or interpret, explaining well02br
00 informative: imparting knowledge, instructive02br
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01b00Not 02b00the same thing, even if they touch bases a bit. 02br
00 In the first one, the quality of explanation is paramount. 02br
00 In the 2nd, presenting just some interesting bits of inf
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0 I think the point of using the term Expository Writing is to distinguish it from Creative Writing. It's the difference between non-fiction and fiction. I suppose expository writing is usually more informative than creative writing, but01i00 informative02i00 is not completely synonymous with 01i00expository02i00, as mentioned above.02br
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