Literary notes about Expository (AI summary)
The word "expository" has been employed in literature to denote methods and styles that emphasize clarity, definition, and explanation. In public speaking, for instance, it identifies techniques that set precise limits and structure arguments clearly [1, 2, 3, 4]. Dewey expands on this by categorizing definitions into types—denotative, expository, and scientific—with the expository style being noted for its social and pedagogical importance and its role in elucidating plain facts [5, 6, 7, 8]. Beyond definitions and speeches, the term also appears in contexts such as sermons and biographical volumes, illustrating its broad application in facilitating clear, instructive communication [9, 10].
- Definition , the primary expository method, is a statement of precise limits.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - The plain facts as set forth in expository speaking or writing are nearly always the basis of argument, yet the processes are not one.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Finally, in preparing expository material ask yourself these questions regarding your subject: What is it, and what is it not?
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - 5. Name the six standards by which expository writing should be tried.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Definitions are of three types, denotative , expository , scientific .
— from How We Think by John Dewey - Illustrations are of the nature of expository definitions; so are the accounts of meanings given in a dictionary.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - Expository.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - Of these, the first and third are logically important, while the expository type is socially and pedagogically important as an intervening step.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - Those expository sermons have been the greatest blessing, and have specially united me to the congregation."
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein - Another expository volume is B. K. Roy's Rabindranath Tagore: The Man And His Poetry (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1915).
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
