NCO Primary Leadership Subjects
Section III
Expository Writing
Overview
At the beginning of this lesson you learned that the basic purpose of writing is to
Introduction
communicate something about a topic to a particular audience. The relationship of
the writer to the subject and the audience leads to the use of one of the four writing
styles shown in the following table.
If you want to...
Then use the...
relate a sequence of events,
narrative style.
convey the attributes of a subject,
descriptive style.
persuade the reader to appreciate argumentative style.
or accept a position,
inform or explain,
expository style.
This section contains the following topics:
In this section
Topic
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The Craft of Writing
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Writing to Inform
4-39
A Practical Approach to Writing
4-41
Tools of the Trade
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Lesson 4, Section III, Practice Exercise
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Lesson 4, Section III, Practice Exercise Answer Key and Feedback
4-44
Writing Mechanics and Composition
4-37
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