Preslar's comp class

1. Exemplification/Illustration
One of the expository modes or
strategies of writing (writing
intended to explain, inform, or teach)

2. Definitions:
– an item or incident that is representative of a rule,
a type, or an abstraction

3. Definitions:
– an item or incident that is representative of a rule,
a type, or an abstraction
– A parallel or closely similar case serving as a
representative or model

4. Definitions:
– an item or incident that is representative of a rule,
a type, or an abstraction
– an item or incident that is representative of a rule,
a type, or an abstraction
– an instance serving to illustrate a rule or precept

5. 4 reasons to use examples
• We use them to persuade, explain, or engage

6. 4 Reasons to use examples
• We use them to persuade, explain, or engage
– they validate your argument or position, giving
you credibility (persuade)

7. 4 Reasons to use examples
We use them to persuade, to explain, or to
engage
• they validate your argument or position,
giving you credibility
• they carify the meaning of a general
statement or abstract idea (explain)

8. 4 Reasons to use examples
We use them to persuade, to explain, or to
engage
• they validate your argument or position,
giving you credibility
• they clarify meaning that is otherwise unclear
• they eliminate unintended ambiguity (explain)

9. 4 Reasons to use examples
We use them to persuade, explain or engage
• they validate your argument or position,
giving you credibility
• they clarify meaning that is otherwise unclear
• they eliminate unintended ambiguity
• they make the writing interesting and
applicable to the real world of experience
(engage the reader)

10. Examples should be
– relevant

11. Examples should be
– relevant
– meaningful, graphic, engaging

12. Examples should be
– relevant
– meaningful, graphic, engaging
– accurate

13. Examples should be
– relevant
– meaningful, graphic, engaging
– accurate
– representative

14. Examples should be
– relevant
– meaningful, graphic, engaging
– accurate
– representative
– specific

15. Examples should be
– relevant
– meaningful, graphic, engaging
– accurate
– representative
– specific
– sufficient

16. We can classify examples in two
ways:
• By length/development
– undeveloped (a few words, a pithy phrase, or a
sentence)

17. We can classify examples in two
ways:
• By length/development
– undeveloped (a few words, a pithy phrase, or a
sentence)
– developed (multisentence passage)

18. We can classify examples in two
ways:
• By length/development
– undeveloped (a few words, a pithy phrase, or a
sentence)
– developed (multisentence passage)
– extended (working through a whole essay or a
long multiparagraph passage

19. We can classify examples in two
ways:
• By source
– personal experience (nonfiction)

20. We can classify examples in two
ways:
• By source
– personal experience (nonfiction)
– typical case (nonfiction)

21. We can classify examples in two
ways:
• By source
– personal experience (nonfiction)
– typical case (nonfiction)
– hypothetical (invented)