As the name suggests, exposition prose is a writing that explain or gives facts about a topic. It’s the commonest kind of prose found in text books, letters, legal documents, Newspapers or in anything where you look for information and explanation.
The straight forward exposition gives the facts without any addition of personal opinion. They are long carefully balanced or intricately constructed sentences but… rather simple and straight sentences.
The construction and vocabulary are simple and straight forward as possible. For example, in making of a meal, facts would be given about amount and the method of preparation.
Slanted prose is also factual and concise, but improved by the addition of colour such that it’s sometimes called, coloured writing. Its intension is to convey the writer’s attitude and pursue the reader to accept the writer’s opinion. The writer does this by specific choice of words especially verbs and nouns that draw the reader’s attention on minor details. The tone of the writer is sometimes meant to pursue the reader. It can be sarcastic or the whole piece can be satirising or mocking to pursue the reader.
The primary purpose of exposition is to explain. However, the explanation can either be straight forward or slanted, and when slanted, it should be persuasive. The words chosen should reflect the opinion of the writer.
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