On another occasion they might suggest a pleasing modesty; here they would weaken the force of her strategies are effectively realized in the style: in the clear rhetorical questions, each immediately followed by a straightforward answer; and in the short uncomplicated sentences, echoing speech. | For more material and information please visit POINT OF VIEW PERSONA AND TONE 85 of that role. It is that creator that total intelligence and sensibility which constitutes the persona. For Practice Selecting a passage from a magazine or book write a description of its point of view persona and tone. Be specific anchoring your assessments in particular words and phrases. For more material and information please visit CHAPTER Basic Structure Expository paragraphs deal with facts ideas beliefs. They explain analyze define compare illustrate. They answer questions like What Why How What was the cause The effect Like what Unlike what They are the kinds of paragraph we write in reports or term papers or tests. The term paragraph has no simple definition. Occasionally a single sentence or even a word may serve as an emphatic paragraph. Conventionally in composition however a paragraph is a group of sentences developing a common idea called the topic. An expository paragraph is essentially an enlargement of a subject predicate pattern like Dogs bark. But the subject is more complicated and needs to be expressed in a clause or sentence called the topic statement which is usually placed at or near the beginning. The predicate that is what is asserted about the topic requires several sentences. These constitute the body of the paragraph developing or supporting the topic in any of several ways ways we shall study in subsequent chapters. No one can say how long a paragraph should be. Subject purpose audience editorial fashion and individual preference all affect the length and complexity of paragraphs. As a rough rule of thumb however you might think of expository For more material and information please visit 90 THE EXPOSITORY PARAGRAPH paragraphs in terms of 120 or 150 words. If most of your paragraphs fall below 100 words 50 or 60 say the chances are they need more development. If your paragraphs run .
