| 单词 | expository |
| 例句 | The interweaving of the personal and the philosophical in this excerpt is being used as an expository device, to help us understand the issues that Spinoza wrote about. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Structural parallelism works not just in poetic and hortatory passages but also in ordinary expository prose. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z By comparison, "The Dark Knight Rises" is plot-heavy, obsessed with process, laden with expository dialogue and flashbacks that bog down the momentum and - dare I say it? - just flat-out boring at times. Review: Batman series ends as epic letdown 2012-07-16T18:40:09Z Every spoken line in Civil War serves an expository purpose. Captain America: Civil War – how I was bludgeoned by a blockbuster 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Director Aaron Posner’s organizing notion proves far better suited to a short skit than a full 150 minutes of expository twists — and antiquated japes. Review | ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ as a sitcom? Call it ‘The Bardy Bunch.’ 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Crist was an adjunct professor at the Columbia School of Journalism from 1958 until last February, teaching critical and expository writing. Film critic Judith Crist dies at 90 2012-08-08T02:16:36Z Every clue leads directly to another clue; each expository nugget pays off with clockwork precision. ‘Artemis Fowl’ Review: Fowl, Not Fair 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z “I’m Your Santa” is one of the high points here; Jeremih is in full sassy Jackson 5 mode, and Chance is charmingly expository. The Playlist: 18 Holiday Songs, 1 Surprise Mixtape and a Dark New Nine Inch Nails EP 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Mindful of an audience not steeped in Persian history, Sofer goes out of her way to provide historical orientation — sometimes deftly, in old news clippings, and sometimes more heavily, in expository dialogue. He Tried to Change the System, Then Became It 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Nor, for that matter, were there many substantive, expository examinations of potential acts of criminality. The Michael Cohen Show: Where GOP politicians angle to become Trump's new co-stars 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z By the second film, Daniel's girlfriend and his New Jersey mom are both seen only in flashbacks and explained away in expository dialogue. Straight to DVD: Original "Karate Kid" on Blu-ray 2010-06-14T10:14:00Z And she has very interesting expository chapters on each of these. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z Fortunately, subsequent episodes are a little less expository, and more action-driven. Adam Rayner Stars in ‘Tyrant,’ a Thriller on FX 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z To gird a one-set play, of nine richly detailed characters, with expository dynamism and emotional intelligence is an almost superhuman feat. Review | It’s a hard-knock life, but often a funny one, in August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ at Arena 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Some elements in “The Shaughraun” creak louder than others: oh, those long, expository riffs and that complicated plot! | 'The Shaughraun': Hiss at the Villain, Cheer the Vagabond 2011-05-10T21:35:45Z Although Boulez was to live over 20 years after the final lecture, “Music Lessons” has the feel of a vast expository Gesamtkunstwerk that ponders and probes musical experience to its very essence. John Adams on Boulez, a Composer Worth Wrestling With 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Parts struggle to contain a proliferation of expository detail and qualifying reference. The Dream of the Celt by Mario Vargas Llosa – review 2012-06-08T21:55:06Z If they gave awards for the dumbest expository title cards to open or conclude motion pictures – a lively ceremony, to be sure – 2000’s undisputed winner would have been Unbreakable. Unbreakable at 20: the film that finally took superheroes seriously 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z It takes a disturbing, ambiguous film and reduces it to the comforting expository contours of a biopic. ‘Jason and Shirley’ Reimagines the Making of a Landmark Documentary 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Yet it is to the great credit of “Geographies of Solitude” that it never feels expository: It turns an ecology lesson, and an account of a noble, steadfast, single-minded pursuit, into art. ‘Geographies of Solitude’ Review: Exploring a Wild Island 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The handful of action scenes, for all their mortal dangers, come and go with an expository brevity and an elusive, abstracted physicality to match. “The Kitchen,” Reviewed: An Engrossing Mob-Wife Drama That’s Relegated to a Table Read 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z And the plot advances less through action than through long, expository statements or recaps of past events. ‘Three-Body’ Review: A Chinese Series Beats Netflix to the Screen 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The episode has all the charm of a rom-com, but its construction is arty and its purpose expository. Why TV's brightest shows are turning episodes into standalone stories 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s a movie set at lunchtime, everyone milling about and practicing expository lines about “the virus.” Sheltering in Space 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Ignoring the current novelistic fashion, Pollack presents heaps of expository information in the first few pages, before any of the action really starts. In This Novel, a Grieving Widow Becomes the Detective Hero 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z A portion of “Time After Time,” kicking off with a two-hour premiere Sunday at 9 p.m., feeds this idea in an expository scene that takes place inside the elegant drawing room of H. G. Wells. Opiate for the Masses: “Making History” and “Time After Time” add to this season’s TV travel addiction 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The pace and dialogue are not expository, nor do they provide much time to get to know the boys intimately as characters. Review | ‘When They See Us’ is a powerful, overdue telling of the injustices endured by the Central Park Five 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z It’s refreshing to witness a writer flexing in so many expository modes. New Short Fiction, Including a National Book Foundation Honoree 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “Meet Cute” complicates its conceit by introducing elaborate plot mechanics involving a tanning-bed time machine, which results in a number of boring expository flashbacks and, later, an extended riff on “The Butterfly Effect.” ‘Meet Cute’ Review: Live. Date. Repeat. 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The writing occasionally lacks vibrancy, despite its great excitements; the dialogue is heavily expository. Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Debut Novel Mingles History and Fantasy 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Tolstoy’s inclusion of expository commentary at the end of some chapters of “War and Peace” is mirrored by Rooney at the beginning of most of hers. Sally Rooney’s Riposte, Ralph Nader’s Candidacy and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z On one level, the shot is just functional, expository. Recap: "Breaking Bad" 4x3, "Open House" 2011-08-01T18:30:00Z The dialogue in Mike Rich's screenplay is often clunky and expository, full of people explaining things to people who already know what they're being told. 'Secretariat': Slow out of the gate, film picks up speed in horse-racing scenes 2010-10-07T19:35:00Z This is not to suggest that Ms. Kennedy, at 86, has made new concessions to narrative conventions or expository clarity. Review: ‘He Brought Her Heart Back,’ Adrienne Kennedy’s Beautiful Nightmare 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Wright has a big, hammy expository scene explaining the theory of Source Code but neglects to explain vital parts of its practice, like how the military got access to Sean-the-sweet-history-teacher's memories in the first place. Source Code: A Sci-Fi "Groundhog's Day" Awash in Bombs, Paranoia and Inconsistency 2011-03-31T20:25:00Z There is far too much expository writing and at various points, characters will tell the audience something and then pointlessly repeat it when they return to the scene. Review: Tom Hanks shines in messy 'Lucky Guy' 2013-04-02T02:16:03Z In most documentaries, human speech is explanatory and expository: Much information is conveyed by means of voice-over narration and talking-head interviews. Frederick Wiseman: The Filmmaker Who Shows Us Ourselves 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Of course, there is less poetry — and subplots, and clownish humor, and expository dialogue — than usual in Mr. O’Rowe’s streamlined version of the texts. Review: ‘DruidShakespeare: The History Plays’ Is Complete With a Crown Fit for Many Kings 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Long presents 16 pirate-themed spreads, each with expository paragraphs and a list of “10 things to spot” in Bloom’s chockablock central illustration. Feasts for Young Readers’ Eyes 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z But it does bring the perils of presenting a culturally specific version of the practice in a romance reality series format with little to no expository context into sharp relief. Remember, "Indian Matchmaking" is as much of a entertainment fable as all of romance reality 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z In his staging, Niesen retains Brecht’s title cards, the expository bits of narrative announcing what will transpire in each of the 12 scenes in this tedious two-and-a-half-hour epic. ‘Mother Courage’ Review: Selling Her Wares Amid the Havoc of War 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z As Cho's script explains in the expository dump that is the opening episode, deliverymen are highly skilled fighters-for-hire, able to outrun or fend off marauding bands of hunters. The working-class hero of "Black Knight" is noble, but we've done this apocalypse many times before 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z Unlike a documentary, a drama must carefully ration its expository moments, avoid anything that feels like a lecture. How a TV Series Undersells the Danger of the Sex Pistols 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Bristol has got the same glassy, anodyne good looks and manner as anyone who ever starred on ‘The Hills,” and the same knack for plodding conversations with lots of awkward silences and expository questioning. More bull from Bristol Palin 2012-06-19T16:15:00Z Until that point, the movie suffers from literary-ism, a mode of direction that illustrates a set of events with a relentlessly expository, nearly impersonal tone. Martin Scorsese Tests His Limits in “Silence” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z None of this is expressed in the usual way, through pointed, self-enclosed scenes or bouts of expressive, expository dialogue. The Oscars: A. O. Scott on the Musical Movement of ?The Tree of Life? 2011-12-31T02:20:50Z There is a virtue sometimes in admitting that we are not really there, in leaving the descriptive flourish aside and letting expository prose do the hard work. Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell: Abstract Expressionist Lives 2011-07-08T15:56:48Z “This seems to happen very rarely, and the practice is often misunderstood as ‘political correctness’ or ‘affirmative action,’” an expository section the site reads. TV revivals and inclusive casting: An opportunity that can’t just be skin-deep 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Notes and Questions: Are you disappointed that the Buell Green setting for an expository visit on race relations has ended? 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Can Any Relationship Last? 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Scenes lasted about 30 seconds, the drama provided by someone walking in at an inopportune moment to provide some more expository dialogue. When good TV goes bad: how Nashville turned country music into a trashy panto 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z I was more aware than in 2012 of the different characters of the two acts: the first expository and vivid, the second a more fanciful — and more meandering — dark fantasia on Jesus’ death and rebirth. Review: John Adams’s ‘Gospel’ Displays an Orchestral Wizard’s Tuneful Ear 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Yet while the reunion works on an expository level, its awkwardness extends to the filmmaking. | 'Roadie': ?Roadie,? Directed by Michael Cuesta - Review 2012-01-05T23:25:13Z Chekhov begins The Seagull with one of the heavily expository conversations from which modern dramatists are discouraged but which were standard in 19th-century theatre. How far can you push Chekhov? 2012-11-19T15:11:45Z Both great movies, sure, but both included clear expository endings to make sure the audiences understood what the hell they had just paid good money to see. 10 year time capsule: The puzzle movie hits made possible by DVD 2011-03-22T16:37:00Z Alas, in her admirable commitment to nuance and a near compulsion to let her characters redeem themselves just when they’ve behaved most unforgivably, she usually resorts to long, roving, expository monologues. Theater Review: ‘Different Animals’ at Cherry Lane Studio 2013-05-15T20:20:54Z After the heavily expository first scene, "Mary Stuart" ratchets into an increasingly tense, high-stakes duel between all the queens' men, enacted by an impressive cast and staged at a good clip by Victor Pappas. At ACT, a tale of 2 queens, 1 throne 2011-09-16T19:59:04Z My favorite among his many idiosyncrasies is the thunderously expository dialogue. What Distinguishes a Neil Breen Film? Neil Breen. 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z If everyday people spent this much time giving unnatural expository speeches about climate mechanics, we wouldn’t need an “Extrapolations.” ‘Extrapolations’ and the Peril of Climate Cringe 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z "Why do we always have these ridiculous expository conversations?" asked Harry. Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer – digested read 2013-03-01T19:30:01Z The whirlwind plot increasingly beggared belief; there were CBeebies-levels of expository dialogue; the melodrama was unintentionally hilarious. 'Downton Abbey is ludicrous': the biggest TV hits we've never seen – until now 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z If I may risk a generalization, a lot of young filmmakers are less interested in the expository function of dialogue than in its expressive potential. BAMcinemaFest Showcases Indie Films 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z We don’t learn much about his history — Wells is not the kind of director to spoil delicate scenes with expository dialogue — but we’re aware that he and Sophie’s mother aren’t together. ‘Aftersun’ Review: A Father and Time 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The time gaps also resulted in seeing chunks of each episode given over to expository dialogue and in erratic characterizations. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1 Finale Recap: The Angriest Dragon 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z The show drops this expository tidbit during a key scene between two Black members of the nobility. From race to incels, the modern "Bridgerton" twists hold a mirror up to today's shortcomings 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Christian Barillas, hilarious as Ronaldo on “Modern Family,” seems similarly hampered by the earnest, expository Jackson. 'Curve of Departure' at South Coast Rep: The dad, the ex, her son and his lover. Let the drama begin 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The plot moves quickly, often in long passages of expository dialogue. Review | Karin Tanabe’s ‘A Hundred Suns’ is a cinematic historical novel set in French Indochina 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Scenes between them are summarised by a narrator before being enacted, as though this were a silent film requiring expository inter-titles, which only emphasises the reductive simplification of their story. Mack and Mabel – review 2012-07-13T14:38:35Z After his first son was born and he was teaching expository writing to undergraduates at Harvard and creative writing to night-school students, the novel became an extracurricular project. Paul Harding?s Pulitzer Moment for ?Tinkers? 2010-04-18T23:48:00Z In any case, the expository details of this dazzling history are less likely to be lost on Britons who never studied the American Revolution. Review: ‘Hamilton’ Conquers London (King George Slays, Too) 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Getting sagas going is almost always an expository slog, especially in a world as dense as Martin’s, which makes the awkward bits more apparent. ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere: Another Game of Thrones 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Because one thing we can perhaps all agree on is that The Walking Dead is at its weakest when it has characters wanging on in epic, hammy, expository stanzas. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode five recap – The King, the Widow and Rick 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z So do one-way expository phone conversations; elliptical curtain lines that trail into blackouts; and declamatory, high-volume confessions. Review: ‘Oh, Hello on Broadway’ Stars an Even Odder Couple 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z In a final aria — an oasis of expressive, elegant poetry from Smith, after so much expository prose — Patience dismisses the possibility of choosing either past or future. Review: A New Opera Tells an Original Story With an Open Heart 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z As we learn both through expository dialogue and dramatic moments set in their home country, Ivan lost everything after Rocky beat him at the end of the fourth film: His career, his money, his self-respect. “Creed II”: Not a knock-out, but lands its fundamental punches 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Whether explaining his dastardly plans to the audience or whispering sweet poison into Othello’s ear, this Iago’s manner is usually jocular and expository. Review: A Cool-Tempered ‘Othello’ for Warm Central Park Nights 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z The many sections of stiff expository dialogue lack the vibrancy we remember of Hijuelos' style as well. Posthumously published 'Twain & Stanley' a bit too presumptuous 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The work, set to a score by Matyas Seiber, at first appears dated, with its long expository opening set in a house party at the start of the 20th century. Review: ‘Obsidian Tear’ Is a Choreographic Breakthrough for Wayne McGregor 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The novel is generously condensed, ardently focused, its mechanisms poetic, not expository. Jamie Quatro’s First Novel Centers on Religious and Sexual Passion 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z And this works well enough for the most part, while sometimes yielding clunky expository turns. Jordan Peele's "The Twilight Zone" is a spine-tingler for our darkest timeline 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z As befits a good Stoic, Farnsworth’s expository prose exhibits both clarity and an unflappable calm. Review | Aristotle’s lisp, why Socrates loved dancing and other tales of ancient thinkers 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Specifically, they had to slow down and use clearer diction to deliver expository dialogue during the opening scenes. Keegan Theatre finds Irish audiences enthusiastic about ‘A Few Good Men’ I know that politics has reduced many a great thinker to expository sound bites, but they flow too glibly in the casual conversation here. Theater Review: ‘Checkers,’ With Anthony LaPaglia, at the Vineyard Theater 2012-11-09T03:00:08Z It provides expository shortcuts as the play's soldiers and politicians travel across nations, making elaborately wrought war and peace. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Chorus of Voices 2012-07-12T16:46:49Z And most of the conversations they entail are expository synonyms for, ‘so, we meet again’. Game of Thrones: has this flawed, spectacular show become too big to fail? 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Television relies more on dialogue and conversation, and there, “Devs” is shakier, given to unnatural expository downloads and speechifying. Review: ‘Devs’ Is a Cold and Beautiful Machine 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z But it’s not until a few scenes later that a series of jump cuts and some expository dialogue reveal that this woman hasn’t left behind a bag of coke or some other murder weapon. It Took Me 40 Years to Watch the Movie ‘Diva.’ It Was Worth the Wait. 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z This falls in line with the movie's pattern of lengthy expository dialogue, leaving little storytelling for visual language to accomplish and no room for interpretation. Poor unfortunate souls: False feminism and criticism of Disney’s "Little Mermaid" 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The dialogue is flat, mostly expository with an interesting repetition. In ‘Luster,’ a Young Woman Moves in With Her Lover — and His Family 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Bristol has the same glassy, anodyne good looks and manner as anyone who ever starred on ‘The Hills,” and the same knack for plodding conversations with lots of awkward silences and expository questioning. “Newsroom”: Aaron Sorkin does “The Daily Show” 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z The show is prone to packing in wordplay even where one least expects it, such as during expository moments. 'Hamilton' offers American history with a hip-hop beat 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z On several other occasions, the main characters vanish, yielding their place to long expository passages of American history. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and the Truth About the American West 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z While touching on serious and timely issues, including anti-Semitism, women’s rights and the perpetual tug-of-war between art and commerce, the play’s central showdown often feels labored, expository and talky. If you’re in the mood for comedy, try these productions 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z But nothing on “Breaking Bad,” not even the briefest of expository scenes, is ever as simple as it seems. Television: Shattering All Vestiges of Innocence 2011-07-15T12:00:00Z But Mr. Mallon, as usual, does a fine job of distributing expository dialogue among the politicians, gossips and operators who fill these stories. Review: ‘Finale’ by Thomas Mallon Moves Past ‘Watergate’ and Into the Reagan Era 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Where the timing of the revelation is not critical to moving the plot forward, we’ve consolidated these expository amuses-bouches into more nourishing meals. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z There is crazy greatness in “Young Mungo,” along with corny lapses and moments with the expository flatness of a TV voice-over. ‘Young Mungo’ Explores Love and Violence in Emotional Technicolor 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z While the suspense and power of her story come through, the film can be clunkily expository and, with regard to tensions between Sara and Pavlo, frustratingly vague. ‘My Name Is Sara’ Review: Keeping Secrets in Close Quarters 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z CBS only made one episode available to critics for review, as networks still often do for some reason, and while pilots are often overly expository or forced, that’s not the problem here. Review: CBS’s ‘Me, Myself & I’ Doesn’t Know Itself Yet 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z But too often the ballet’s choreography is merely expository, with long tracts of forgettable passages illustrating subplots. Review: Ballet Is Spectacle in ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z But some of his expository lines are almost laughably heavy-handed. Television Review: On the Scent of Psychopaths: Penetrating the Criminal Mind 2011-02-15T22:51:38Z But “The Mandibles” suffers from a common flaw of speculative fiction: Virtually every detail of the narrative serves to communicate some expository element, giving it a didactic tone. Lionel Shriver Imagines Imminent Economic Collapse, With Cabbage at $20 a Head 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z “Nightmare” loses steam, however, when it leans too heavily on expository monologues. Go Down That Hall. You Know You Want To. 2010-10-21T14:56:00Z The promise of a prize and a better life for her brother helps explains why she tries out for the pageant, though Mr. Naranjo isn’t big on expository details or character motivations. | 'Miss Bala': Gerardo Naranjo?s ?Miss Bala? Depicts Drug War - Review 2012-01-19T23:29:20Z Mr. Damon’s regular-guy affability carries the movie through its expository phase, which is a lot of fun. Review: In ‘Downsizing,’ Matt Damon Sweats the Small Stuff 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Rest assured, the denouement duly rolls around with a flicker of flashbacks and a great rumble of expository dialogue. Film review: Psych 9 2010-05-06T22:05:00Z Mr. Schnabel shows “imaginative freedom in every frame and sequence, dispensing with narrative and expository conventions in favor of a wild, intuitive honesty,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Rocky Horror’ and ‘Jago: A Life Underwater’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z No one was better in expository speaking than Kevin, though repetition crept into his remarks in recent years. Kevin Starr will never be replaced: William Deverell remembers the historian and author 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z As I noted last week, pilots can be by necessity a bit awkward and too expository. 'Gotham' Recap: Batman as a Goth Boy, the Butler as an Angry Young Man 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Predictable Covid-era gags about delivered groceries, germaphobia and computer glitches pepper the script, but the real problem here is the expository dialogue. ‘Distancing Socially’ Review: Scenes from a Quarantine 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The dutiful expository business of explaining origins has been taken care of, and the hero can suffer, fight and explore the dilemmas of his dual nature. Film: An Old Pairing: Summer and Movie Sequels 2010-06-11T04:28:00Z Robert's visit to the crypt, on the other hand, is no less expository—it reveals how the two men are linked, by battle and by Robert's love for Ned's dead sister—but far more affecting. Game of Thrones Watch: It's All in the Execution 2011-04-18T19:00:00Z Wheeldon’s own extensive knowledge of story ballets — in which plot and character almost always take back seats to exquisite physical technique — also accounts for some of the inattentiveness to expository subtlety. Review | You can easily fall into like with ‘An American in Paris’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Their painfully expository conversations reveal the weakness of Yang’s script. ‘Tigertail’ Review: A Taiwanese Man’s American Dream 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z "If you're wondering what it's like being the father of five young children," Gaffigan says in the burst of expository narration that begins the series, "just imagine you're drowning. And someone hands you a baby." 'The Jim Gaffigan Show' a humane, human comedy, fun and funny 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z “Thrones” has lost some of the books’ majesty, but it has given them a much-needed edit, a Valyrian sword hacking through the expository clutter. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z A bit of explanation is in order, though I’m afraid it will not be as exhaustive or as breathless as the voice-over narration that begins the movie or the expository dialogue that pops up throughout. Movie Review: In ‘Pacific Rim,’ Pilots Inside Robots Face Alien Invaders 2013-07-11T12:00:01Z Perl will undoubtedly orbit around his expository center of gravity with a confident élan that Calder might occasionally chuckle at but also recognize and appreciate. The magical movement of Calder’s mobiles — and mind 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z But her kinetic contribution stamps each performance with expository force, a key to comprehension. Music Review: Maria Schneider Orchestra at Jazz Standard 2012-11-22T22:44:08Z Almajan seems ill at ease in the play’s opening section, which is dutifully expository, but her character becomes more alive, assured and in-the-moment as the play progresses. ‘Rage’ from Ambassador Theater elicits interesting questions but feels shallow The only superfluous element is an expository voice-over that swoops in between sections and tells us what to see. Review: Aparna Ramaswamy, Solo and Symbiotic at the Joyce 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The 3-D “Insurgent,” which opens Friday, is a fast-paced action movie that eschews the more intimate and expository moments of the first film. Can 'Insurgent' spark a male rebellion too? 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Hefty ambitions for “Rogers: The Musical” perhaps, but there’s plenty in these 30 minutes to smile at, even if the show feels heavily expository and plot-driven. 'Rogers: The Musical' brings a charming, Broadway-style show back to Disney California Adventure 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z No one was better at making the unloading of expository detail sound like a poetry recital. Appreciation: Big role or small, Lance Reddick elevated every scene he was in 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Whether this is an act of feminist reclamation or simply an expository shortcut, it suits a movie that delights in hurling caution and historical fidelity to the Yorkshire wind. Review: Wuther true or false, 'Emily' weaves a passionate portrait of a Brontë sister 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z He develops an irritating habit of explaining his symbolism through characters who spend a lot of time spouting dialogue that’s expository without illuminating much.” The 22 movies we hated in 2022 — and how to watch them, if you must 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z That isn’t to say it’s uninspired — what keeps the formula from becoming formulaic are the writing, acting and staging, which tell us a lot in a little time without ever feeling baldly expository or manipulative. Love 'Columbo'? You'll devour the TV comfort food of 'Poker Face' 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Much of Graves’s dialogue is suffocatingly expository — a necessary approach when there’s so much ’splainin to do, but one that can feel perilously animatronic. Review | An impresaria rediscovered in ‘The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson’ 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z That’s a choice likely dictated by budgetary constraints rather than creative inspiration, but it mostly works, thanks to a cast talented enough to bring dramatic intensity to page after page of expository dialogue. Review: Nobel winner Annie Ernaux probes her past in documentary 'The Super 8 years' 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Filmed largely in Spanish, it contained not a lick of expository dialogue. RIP 'Los Espookys,' illicit lovechild of Pedro Almodovar and Scooby Doo 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Even plot expository moments that explain, for example, Kratos’ fraught relationship with the goddess Freya are delivered with forward momentum. Sony Santa Monica continues to lead with 'God of War: Ragnarök' 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z In other stories, Fuentes adopts elegant expository summary that can create emotional distance, but immediacy returns whenever we hear these women’s voices directly. Review | 10 award-winning short story collections worth reading 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The pace is as relentless as it is merciless without the expository padding to protect characters from a direct assault of their history. Review: A striking revival of 'Ghosts' at the Odyssey suffers from lack of ensemble cohesion 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z He started it 12 years ago when he was teaching a mandatory expository writing course at Rutgers University that no one wanted to take and everyone resented. Brendan Fraser celebrated for comeback role in ‘The Whale’ 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z In reading and analyzing expository prose, you also may encounter literary language, narrative structure, characters, setting, theme, and plot development, depending on the type of prose. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z He develops an irritating habit of explaining his symbolism through characters who spend a lot of time spouting dialogue that’s expository without illuminating much. Review | ‘Crimes of the Future’ is meant to shock. Instead, it’s just tedious. 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z But their lack of chemistry, coupled with the absence of expository messages, instead leads to confusion over why Nick would bother with Frances, and vice versa. Analysis | ‘Conversations With Friends’ and the pitfalls of adapting Sally Rooney 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Add a trenchant literary dimension — the play converses with Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” — and “John Proctor” is, its slightly slow and expository beginning aside, pushing for a 4.0 GPA. Review | High marks for Studio Theatre’s ‘John Proctor Is a Villain’ 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z She knows when to tread lightly and keep the expository writing tight; she pulls examples that illustrate her points, leaving the reader hungry to dig further into novels and catalogs on their own. Review: A riveting biographer — and mother — works to solve 'the mind-baby problem' 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z But Hirshman’s expository device of the “threesome” distorts the underlying forces in antislavery as well as overstating the significance and distinctiveness of the connection among her three main characters. Review | Lively depiction of abolition dissects its competing philosophies and strategies 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Everything Everywhere’s sci-fi sequences can be written like they’re marking time between absurdities, peppered with expository dialogue that doesn’t gel with the more compelling and naturalistic exchanges elsewhere. Everything Everywhere All At Once is charming, sprawling, and completely ridiculous 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Grohl, a natural ham in front of the camera, is an absurdly likable presence who keeps things humming along, even during the tedious expository passages. ‘Studio 666’ review: Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters bring devilish humor and horror to new movie 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Where the 2017 posts were filled with Socratic questions, the later posts were more declarative and expository, with heavy use of exclamation points and words written in all capital letters. Who is behind QAnon? Linguistic detectives find fingerprints 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z He can also be a little loose, repeating expository phrases and sometimes missing the right historical tone. Review | Jonathan Evison’s ‘Small World’ feels like a big statement about America 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z I couldn’t give her an expository monologue without betraying the essence of the character. 'Passing' keeps its writing simple, asking viewers to lean in for greater understanding 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z He tackled his weakest subject, English, by poring over Harvard professor Matthew Desmond’s exploration of evictions and poverty, to master academic language, text analysis and oral expository skills. The unentitled kids: California's new generation of star college applicants 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The whole device strikes me as a clumsy way for Sorkin to deliver some expository dialogue that was probably superfluous anyway. How miscast is Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball? Digging into the highs and lows of 'Being the Ricardos' 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z He realized many educators shared his concern about nonfiction reading, knowledge of history and academic expository writing. Perspective | Stuff your 5,000-word limit! Students dare to write longer history papers. 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Though Lowman writes in the first person, it's expository prose, filled with minutia about tree life and her research methods, but with virtually no dialogue to liven things up. Book review: A scientist’s life in the treetops 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Because it’s too expository, relying on a structure in which everything emerges via dialogue, pronouncements, another set of talking points. Review: Larry Elder complained we've never reviewed his books. So we did, like it or not 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z No expository dialogue about not being able to speak Spanish. TV reboots often jam Latino stories into white molds. It's time to dump them 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z The movie steps early and often into the familiar potholes of expository dialogue: telling, telling, telling, not showing. Review: A young David Bowie tours America in unrevealing biopic 'Stardust' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z You are not being shown so much as told a story, propelled by great bursts of expository dialogue. Disney's 'The Right Stuff' is an object lesson in how not to remake a classic 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z You can read McSally's article here, and watch her expository lecture here. "Women are in to serve": Joni Ernst rejects McSally's claim on pregnancy in the military 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z For instance, weirdly implemented group minds feature both in my science fiction stories and in my expository philosophy. On Crazyism, Jerkitude, Garden Snails and Other Philosophical Puzzles 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z That cerebral approach may have worked, but low-energy cloak-and-dagger escapades and overly expository narrative drain the film of dramatic tension. Review: Christopher Munch's 'The 11th Green' gets lost in the rough 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Too much of the dialogue is clumsy and needlessly expository, suffering from Reddi’s unfortunate choice to write in dialect. Review: A dark corner of California's migrant history, illuminated in a debut novel 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z On-the-nose music cues and awkwardly expository dialogue doesn’t elevate the material as much as keep it resolutely earthbound. Review | Long-delayed drama ‘The Banker’ is a handsome yet occasionally dull business 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The dialogue is meaty — Ritchie knows this, oh does he ever — and he encouraged his cast to sink their teeth into it and savor the flavor in long expository speeches. ‘The Gentlemen’ review: Lock, stock and a barrel of bloody good fun 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z But beyond that, most of the conversations are bluntly expository, designed to arrange everyone in the right place at the right time with the right justification. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — our spoiler-free review 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Most movies include an expository character, the one who exists primarily to explain the story, particularly if that story comes with complicated, otherworldly elements. - The Washington Post 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z But more expository than expansive, “Jerusalem” is better at sketching Byron and his merry band of outlaws than in setting them in dramatic motion over three protracted acts. Why 'Constitution' and not 'The Ferryman' should win the Tony for best play 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z He is the Boogeyman, the underworld’s “Baba Yaga,” a man of few words; expository dialogue isn’t his strongest means of communication. Review: 'John Wick 3' expands the Wickverse with another artfully ridiculous body count 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z It offers a series of voices, alternately aphoristic and expository. Kaveh Akbar: “The Palace” 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z In a line of expository dialogue, the film's titular character reveals that one of the supporting antagonists, Russian folklore character Baba Yaga, once attempted to resurrect the spirit of Stalin. Stalin cut from Russia's Hellboy film 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Artificial and obvious, long on expository dialogue but somehow short on information, little in it feels convincing. Review: Fox's new procedural 'Proven Innocent' tries hard to squeeze 'Serial's' podcast 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Consistent with that interpretation, researchers find that people’s listening and reading abilities are more similar for simple narratives than for expository prose. Opinion | Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Campbell’s early stories remain almost uniformly risible, focusing on problem-solving space adventurers who sit around exchanging endless expository dialogue such as: “ ‘You should talk!’ John W. Campbell, a chief architect of science fiction's Golden Age, was as brilliant as he was problematic 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The premise is laid out in an expository monologue, set in a nearly empty apartment and spoken into a telephone by Rel – like every comic with a sitcom, Howery's character keeps his own name. Review: Lil Rel Howery is a charmer in good-natured Fox sitcom ‘Rel’ The star is not helped by his initial expository voiceover duties and an excess of clichéd dialogue. Review: Political thriller 'Damascus Cover' gets the job done, but little else 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z At their best, hearings can provide expository theater. Washington holds its breath, waiting for Trump to fire: What? Or whom? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Stories tend to be more predictable and employ familiar ideas, and expository essays more likely include unfamiliar content and require more strategic reading. Opinion | Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It? 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Their function is always expressive, never expository; each memory is a jagged, explosive little reminder of Joe's past, forever bearing down on his present. Joaquin Phoenix descends into a hellish New York underworld in the haunting 'You Were Never Really Here' 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z By the time we and Stella learn that she has been cured, we have been treated to a highly suspicious expository recap of her eight-year relationship with an unspecified malignancy. Lucy Hale gets a 'Life Sentence' from the CW 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z It is a breathtaking moment of immersion and innovation that in many other films would be a throwaway series of expository shots. After 'Black Panther' and 'The Last Jedi,' is this the era of the artisanal blockbuster? His muscular prose hums at its best when it is plainly expository, particularly while inhabiting his characters’ minds. Nathaniel Rich’s dark thriller takes its cues from jazz and film noir 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z The dialogue in "Devil's Gate" is mostly expository, and while the cast does its best, the characters feel more like sketchy outlines than real people. Supernatural thriller 'Devil’s Gate' lurches from jolt to jolt – LA Times 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z And Hoult and Spacey do their best to rise above Strong’s expository dialogue and ham-handed melodrama. Review | ‘Rebel in the Rye’: An all-too-conventional portrait of a literary iconoclast 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The occasional fake newsreel helps fill in gaps left by otherwise artful expository dialogue. Review | ‘Viceroy’s House’: An educational, if melodramatic refresher course on the partition of India 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z It really is incredible that we can be more than 60 hours deep into this story, and still have cause for lengthy expository montages. The Game of Game of Thrones: season 7, episode 1, Dragonstone 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z But Colella gets a big number of her own in Me and the Sky, an airborne, expository solo that tells the story of her character, the pilot Beverly Bass, a rockstar’s tenacity. Tony awards 2017: who will win – and who should 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Dream sequences abound and cheat the unfortunate audience, and they’re surrounded by clunky expository dialogue that feels like a smack to the forehead. Hemophiliac vampire flick 'Aaron's Blood' is so bad it's ... no, it's just bad 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z It outlines that students were to deliver five major speeches a year, each five to 15 minutes in length, experimenting with various styles like expository and argumentative. 1937 Recording of John F. Kennedy at Harvard Captures a Politician in the Making 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z We labored over writing in the “expository” style, exhausted the scientific method, and read and performed Shakespeare plays none of us understood. From loathing to learning: Here are your stories about teachers who changed your minds 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z “Joan of Arc,” like “Here Lies Love,” is almost entirely sung, and, because pop-music lyrics are not particularly expository, the staging, the lighting, and the sound design must tell much of the story. A Protest Musical for the Trump Era 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z They have an easy way with each other that makes even their most expository shared dialogue feel natural. CMT’s ‘Sun Records’ takes the history of rock ’n’ roll on an entertaining ride 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z This silliness is heightened by the dizzying pace of the decades-spanning narrative, which reduces every conversation to expository dialogue and leaves virtually no time for basic character development. 'Beaches' is a misguided remake of the classic weepie on Lifetime 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The actors do their best to put life into these scenes, but they are so brief and expository, given how much territory there is to cover, that they feel mostly manufactured. History's new Navy SEALs series 'Six' packs an action-focused punch 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Half the script from Cory Goodman is endless expository dialogue explaining this film and its predecessors’ plots, and the rest is grunts and roars from supernatural creatures that are fighting. Kate Beckinsale fights on and 'Underworld: Blood Wars' is as satisfyingly big, dumb and loud as its predecessors 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z But even when the dialogue is merely expository, there is poetry in it. 'The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses' is bloody, muddy, loud and grand 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The relationship between Raimy and Frank, so essential to making the story work, also falls flat, in part because “Frequency” relies on vague flashback montages and bluntly expository dialogue to fill in their backstory. Hokey 'Frequency' gets lost in the static 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Even as you solve puzzles or explore maze-like environments, the banter continues like expository background music. If you’ve binge-watched all of Stranger Things, play this game next 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The book is overlong, and the need to provide history and context often results in awkward expository dialogue. Location, location: Stellar crime fiction debuts all over the map 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Yet “Tenshin” is frequently hampered by its own stilted expository dialogue, showing precious little of the excitement of artistic discovery that is its ostensible subject. ‘Tenshin’: Portrait of the man who saved Japanese art from the West 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z At one point, Cooper’s sympathetic home-shopping exec tells Joy he’s too busy to hear her pitch, then goes into a lengthy explanation about the history of QVC, which seems oddly expository. Review: Jennifer Lawrence carries ambitious, imperfect ‘Joy’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z In fact, Common Core requires students to read more nonfiction, but only because it requires them to do expository reading in all subjects, including science and math. Massachusetts’s Rejection of Common Core Test Signals Shift in U.S. 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z After enough expository dialogue telling you that it's getting hot or you need to find a door, everything begins to feel like a particularly bizarre Call of Duty tutorial level. The virtual reality 9/11 experience is bad, but not for the reasons you'd expect 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z And while some of the dialogue can be overly expository, the script is also peppered with snappy exchanges. ‘Burnt’ bares all to show how the sausage is made 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Her lyrics seem written not only to be sung but also to work on the page, and she's more than willing to sacrifice singalong ease for expository conceits. Joanna Newsom on plunging deep into history for 'Divers,' her first new album in five years 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z With this unit, they'll be able to run MTV in a small screen while working on an expository essay or doing research on the Web. Tech journalism time capsule: the wonderful world of 1996 computing 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Lacey is studying nursing at Umqua Community College -- she wants to be a surgeon, according to her father -- but her first class that day was expository writing, taught by Lawrence Levine. 'Daddy, he began to shoot 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z He went to the trouble of filming expository scenes that others might have excised for budgetary considerations, such as Clair's divorce proceedings and grainy home movies of hippies at the commune. 'Frank the Bastard' a complex, engrossing mystery 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Explaining the geopolitical and historical context only through intertitles, the film uses expository scenes to illustrate the sailors' camaraderie and family lives in a tedious, soap-operatic way. Korean battle film 'Northern Limit Line' recounts real life but loses in translation 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “Jimmy’s Hall” often falls prey to the kind of starchy, expository writing and didacticism that places the good guys on the left and the bad guys on the reactionary right. In ‘Jimmy’s Hall,’ the pursuit of happiness is truly revolutionary 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z But after so many drastic repositionings, many of our characters were still settling back into their groove, and last night's premiere still felt largely expository. The Game of Game of Thrones: Season 5, Episode 1 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In Shakespeare, the expository soliloquy of earlier English plays suddenly becomes the self-reflective soliloquy, and the comic monologue steps forward to tell us the why of things, among all the puns. What Shakespeare Knew About Robert Durst 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Here in Seattle — where, as a newcomer, I’ve done more walking in the past six weeks than in the past six months — it’s been less expository, but just as effective. Do city growth strategies subtly discourage car ownership? 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The result is part memoir, part expository science writing and part history of the political intricacies of deafness. MIND Reviews: I Can Hear You Whisper: An Intimate Journey Through the Science of Sound and Language 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z The game played like a choose your own adventure novel with expository content crammed before and after each level. New Video Games Teach Caring And Compassion 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z It’s a typical Ruddy story, and he tells it in his tenor drone with long expository anecdotes that begin, for example, “I was walking into a bar with Jack Kemp and Henry Kissinger …” The Next Ailes: Newsmax's Chris Ruddy Preps TV Rival to Fox News 2014-03-06T10:55:59Z After all, the blog and the email are sure to be more useful in their professional lives than the five paragraph expository essay. We Need More EdTech, But Less Technology In The Classroom 2013-08-26T11:05:00Z Hence, academia’s over abundant reliance on the typical 5 paragraph expository essay. Are Kids Who Make Their Own Video Games Better Prepared For The Digital Future? 2013-07-09T14:37:00Z In a 2011 experiment at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, college students took multiple-choice exams about expository texts either on computers or on paper. The Reading Brain in The Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens 2013-04-11T11:45:00.537Z Much of the content featured in this collection is expository in nature, as viewers will meet the main protagonists, iconic creatures, and the villains of the Kaijudo universe. Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters Creatures Unleashed Review 2012-12-05T00:14:40Z The Common Core shifts the focus of English lessons from narrative fiction to expository and argumentative writing. SchoolBook: A Desk for Every Dropout, Every Day 2012-06-21T12:11:28Z “Find ways to be brief and multimodal rather than expository and textual.” Going digital 2012-05-16T17:51:04.677Z As the chief authority of their tenets, the Nimavats recognize the Bhagavata-purana; though several works, ascribed to Nimbarka—partly of a devotional character and partly expository of Vedanta topics—are still extant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He was twenty-five years pastor of a church at Chester, and during that time went through the Bible three times in the course of expository lectures. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z If this sounds like poetry’s equivalent of expository writing, it is. Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel-Winning Polish Poet, Dies at 88 2012-02-02T02:31:48Z Because of their close adherence to sources and their distinctly expository purpose, the medieval dramatists made little or no distinction between what was suited for the stage and what was not. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The budget demonstrated at once its author’s absolute mastery over figures and the persuasive force of his expository gift. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z When you look at a trending topic there is an “About” tab, offering up expository content about current events. Google Currents Moves Away from the Open Web 2011-12-10T20:34:59Z The paragraphs which precede the present beginning are expository in nature, and while they bear interestingly upon the incident, they are not a necessary part of the narrative. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z His preaching, always without notes, is impressive and of the style usually designated as expository. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z During a very large portion of his ministry he delivered expository discourses on the morning of the Sabbath, which were distinguished by great beauty, variety, and richness of improving remarks. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z Definitions are of three types, denotative, expository, scientific. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z Such interrogatories and replies generate the expository syllogism. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z If you take my advice, you will seek not to be a text preacher, but an expository preacher. Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study 2011-07-09T02:00:14.273Z The first quality of good expository device is clearness. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Since the death of Mr. Toller two volumes of sermons, and a volume of expository discourses on the Book of Ruth, have been published, as transcribed from the Author's shorthand manuscripts. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z Of these, the first and third are logically important, while the expository type is socially and pedagogically important as an intervening step. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z This is the reason why I have written this book in a light, conversational style, and not in the form of an ordinary critical or expository treatise. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z The day was devoted to outdoor examinations of different localities, and in the evening was given a familiar lecture expository of the day's work. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z The Dumb Show, Chorus, and Soliloquy are now outworn devices for setting forth necessary initial expository facts. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Besides the narrative, the lyric and dramatic forms of poetry, the didactic, that is the teaching or expository form, has usually been recognized as a fourth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Illustrations are of the nature of expository definitions; so are the accounts of meanings given in a dictionary. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z Possess a singular charm, due to their expository character, to the labour expended upon them by a master-mind, and to the writer's felicitous style.... How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Lamb and his great Hazlitt. rival, William Hazlitt, both maintained that criticism was not so much an affair of learning, or an exercise of comparative and expository judgment, as an act of imagination in itself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Knox "improved" the occasion by preaching from the cathedral pulpit a series of expository sermons on the prophecies of Haggai, with special application to the circumstances of the country at the time. John Knox He holds that a purely expository lecture, without experiments or specimens, is something very like a barbarism, an echo of the days before printing was invented. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History It is a chapter, indeed, which more than any other is comprehensive and expository of the whole spirit and trend of American international transactions. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 But in 1618 began a second period of authorship; he poured forth, but did not publish, treatise after treatise, expository and polemical, in the next and the two following years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" These Commentaries originated in Notes collected by the compiler to aid in the composition of expository sermons. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise The expositor would almost seem to resemble his subject in the practical and condensed, yet graphic, style in which he has done his expository work.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus From the end of Mr Chamberlain’s series of expository speeches on his scheme of tariff reform, onwards during the various fiscal debates and discussions of 1904, it is unnecessary to follow events in detail. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Including discourses taken down from his lips by faithful auditors, we have from him expository comments or homilies on nearly all the books of Scripture, written partly in Latin and partly in French. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" It consists of an interesting and sympathetic delineation of the prophet’s life and character, of a new translation, and of expository remarks, which are partly critical and partly homiletic. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews It is philosophic as well as expository, and from beginning to end is an indictment of the tenement system as it exists at present in New York. The Children of the Poor All this is the outcome of the influence of Ibsen with its subtlety, expository methods and its intenser psychology. How to See a Play In relation to expository and argumentive writing the fact is patent; in relation to the writing of fiction it may be less obvious, but, curiously enough, is even more impressive when perceived. The Technique of Fiction Writing It is right to warn young readers against the natural tendency to give their time to critical and expository books and articles before they make acquaintance with originals. Minor Poems by Milton “A book which may be read by all with pleasure and profit, and which, by ministers of all orders, may be taken as a model of one kind of expository teaching.” The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews Pitt was superb in an expository or argumentative speech, but his stately periods lacked variety. Studies in Contemporary Biography Twelve or twenty such essays, some of them mainly ethical and expository, put together in a little book with narrow print in each page, antique, vine leaves about, and the following title. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) At all events they enabled me to test certain expository methods which other speakers might perhaps reproduce with advantage. Memoirs of Life and Literature The most obvious, and at the same time the most elementary, means of direct portrayal is by a deliberate expository statement of the leading traits of the character to be portrayed. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews Doctrinal and expository preaching require so much thought, such careful preparation, such scrupulous exactness in expression. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching The first step in all true expository preaching is the consideration of the words and phrases in order to elicit their full exegetical value. The Prayers of St. Paul Scrappy expository paragraphs arouse the suspicion that the writer is incoherent, or that he has not given sufficient thought to the subject. The Century Handbook of Writing By Exposition.––The most obvious, and at the same time the most elementary, means of direct portrayal is by a deliberate expository statement of the leading traits of the character to be portrayed. A Manual of the Art of Fiction The method is absolutely narrative and not at all expository,—entirely objective and concrete. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews We will, nevertheless, make bold to remark that one of the great desiderata of the day is a revival of expository preaching, while another, equally great, is a renaissance of doctrinal preaching. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching The opposition to his theories though short was sharp, and here he found a lieutenant of unflinching courage, of the highest expository power, in Professor Huxley. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer The following hymn on the text, “Blessed are the eyes that see what ye see, and the ears that hear what ye hear”, is typical of his expository hymns. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark By Description.––It is therefore in certain ways 86 more satisfactory to portray character directly through a descriptive, rather than an expository, statement. A Manual of the Art of Fiction Macaulay believed a London apprentice could detect Scotticisms in Robertson; Hume's style is often vicious by Gallicisms and Scots law phrases which nothing but his expository gifts have obscured from the critics. James Boswell Famous Scots Series The late Doctor McLaren was an expository preacher, and his sermons were as charming as fairy tales, multitudes flocking, through a long course of years, to hear them. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching This association aims especially to promote the interests of mathematics in the collegiate field and it publishes a journal entitled The American Mathematical Monthly, containing many expository articles of special interest to teachers. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College He was an eloquent preacher, but his reputation rests chiefly on his expository works, which are said to have had a larger circulation both in Europe and America than any others of their class. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The method is absolutely narrative and not at all expository,––entirely objective and concrete. A Manual of the Art of Fiction Here we may place expository writing on subjects wholly matter of fact, mathematical discussions, scientific treatises largely, though not necessarily, and other writing of like character. The Writing of the Short Story This volume is expository, not critical, and is intended for senior students at the Universities and others, as a statement of Green’s teaching, and an introduction to the study of Idealist Philosophy. The Wallypug in London In this case, there will be a great advantage in selecting for first efforts expository subjects. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching Its method is largely expository and its style may be anything; it may explain or it may simply comment in a witty way. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing This is the head and front of your expository offending.” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan This chapter, together with the Conclusion, is therefore an exception to the purely introductory and expository representation which I have, on the whole, sought to give. The Approach to Philosophy The first three books of the Faerie Queene were published early in 1590, with an expository letter from the most humbly affectionate author to the Right Noble and Valorous Sir Walter Ralegh. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography This is included in numberless pamphlets, broad-sheets, newspapers, and the like, and is admirable expository matter on the public questions of the day. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 A work of jurisprudence is either expository of what the law is, or censorial, showing what it should be. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics One characteristic of all literary masterpieces is unity, but in none is this of more importance than in the expository and argumentative types. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Two remarks of an expository character will prepare the way for the lessons of these verses. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John After determining the diction, prevailing type of sentences, and figures of speech, let the student divide the work, as far as possible, into its descriptive, narrative, expository, argumentative, and persuasive portions. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism It was the best piece of expository art imaginable. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic It may relate to either local or universal jurisprudence; but if expository can hardly be more than local. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Thus some are designed with a directly practical and popular bearing, others being more expository, and slightly apologetic in tone. Natural Law in the Spiritual World One or two points of an expository character will serve to introduce what else I have to say on these words. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John The use of the outline is not restricted to an expository composition, as above, but is also necessary in narration and description. Practical Grammar and Composition I am indebted to it for much of the expository portion of this chapter. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles Two remarks of an expository character will prepare the way for our consideration of this text. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Almost as a matter of course, his preaching was expository and didactic. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. His works, mainly expository and polemical, have not been collected. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Brown's exegesis was marked by rare critical sagacity, exact and extensive scholarship, unswerving honesty, and a clear, logical style; and his expository works have thus a permanent value. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" His epistle contains no expository outline of a system; but it has allusions and hints which plainly imply some partial views belonging to a system, while the other parts of it are left obscure. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Intended as means of instruction to beginners in painting, these lectures deal with general principles rather than with practical technique, and are not to be taken as expository in any measure of Reynolds's own art. Sir Joshua Reynolds A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation For fifteen minutes he spoke without a break—just about the clearest expository utterance I have ever heard on any subject. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Some of the Brothers were occupied in definitely erudite work, editing liturgical, expository, and devotional works; and for these there was a large and learned library. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother Hence the great value of the expository device of following up every principle with its, counter-statement, the matter denied when the principle is affirmed. Practical Essays Make a list of other kinds of books which are mainly or entirely expository in character. Public Speaking The whole of the work is expository; and an attempt has been made in the footnotes to point out aspects similar to those of Eucken's in English and German Philosophy. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy Dr. Surtaine leaned forward, to tap with an earnest finger on his son's knee, a picture of expository enthusiasm. The Clarion Also on this matter we might cite Luther's numerous statements and expository writings, but we prefer to quote again the Augsburg Confession which grew out of Luther's testimony for the truth. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation The plain facts as set forth in expository speaking or writing are nearly always the basis of argument, yet the processes are not one. The Art of Public Speaking All instruction, all directions of work, all scientific literature, are in foundation expository. Public Speaking If one were to ask any sermon-taster of our generation what is the prevailing type of discourse among the better-known preachers of the day, he would probably answer, "The expository." Preaching and Paganism Hence BHL-ness implies that these cases can be �averaged out of the discussion� or be left out for expository reasons. Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy The expository type of article containing concrete examples, description, and interviews he concluded to adopt as the form best suited to his subject. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Name the six standards by which expository writing should be tried. The Art of Public Speaking This same scheme may be used in delivery of expository matter. Public Speaking The new expository preaching proceeds from almost an opposite point of view. Preaching and Paganism For expository reasons we can take social subsistence and productivities as purely constant. Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy Is the article predominantly narrative, descriptive, or expository?6. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Finally, in preparing expository material ask yourself these questions regarding your subject: What is it, and what is it not? The Art of Public Speaking This is a good example of Mary's frequent revision for the better by the omission of the obvious and expository. Mathilda To be sure, it is not the same sort of expository preaching which made the Scottish pulpit of the nineteenth century famous. Preaching and Paganism For expository reasons those are sufficient, but not as sharp as they could be. Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy To what extent are narration and description used for expository purposes?7. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers The purpose of the following review of American political ideas and practices is, it must be premised, critical rather than narrative or expository. The Promise of American Life Besides being expository, the Midrash is, therefore, didactic and poetical, the moral being conveyed in the guise of a narrative, amplifying and developing the contents of Scripture. Chapters on Jewish Literature There is a native alliance between the doctrine of Immanence and expository preaching. Preaching and Paganism The Handbook being not controversial but expository, references to the heretics and heresies that gave occasion for the articles which have place in the Creed are few and brief. Exposition of the Apostles Creed Narrative beginnings that consist of concrete examples and specific instances are popular for expository articles. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers A synopsis of the play—partly narrative and partly expository—was posted up behind the scenes. The Theory of the Theatre Guide-books have long been excellent in their descriptive and historical detail, and are becoming increasingly interpretative also, especially since Mr. Grant Allen transferred his evolutionary insight and his expository clearness from natural to civic history. Civics: as Applied Sociology There is a native alliance between expository preaching and humanism which very largely accounts for the latter's popularity. Preaching and Paganism Associated words: ostensive, ostensible, exhibiting, expository. showy, a. spectacular, pageant, ostentatious, pompous; garish, gaudy, meretricious, gorgeous, flashy, bedizened, gay, conspicuous, tinsel. Putnam's Word Book Hence the narrative and descriptive devices of fiction are employed advantageously to supplement expository methods. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Huxley, in his argument on evolution, which was addressed to a popular audience, was careful to choose examples that would be familiar; but his treatment of the subject was strictly expository in tone. The Making of Arguments Works written on the subject in later times were but of a purely expository nature. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 For expository preaching, as at present practiced, deals mostly with ethical and practical issues, with the setting of the house of this world in order. Preaching and Paganism This volume is expository, not critical, and is intended for senior students at the Universities, and others, as a statement of Green's teaching and an introduction to the study of Idealist Philosophy. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents Some types of articles, although expository in purpose, are entirely narrative and descriptive in form. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers The style of this statement should be strictly expository, and there should be nothing in it to which both sides could not agree. The Making of Arguments In shorter histories and biographies, the expository and descriptive matter often displaces the narrative matter to such an extent that the story ceases to be interesting. Composition-Rhetoric The rarity is when great peculiarity of vision is allied with great lucidity and unusual command of all the classic expository apparatus. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy The Goodly fellowship of the prophets: studies, historical, religious, and expository in the Hebrew prophets. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 January - June He speaks of "the profundity of thought," "simplicity and beauty of diction," the "compactness of argument" and "instructive expository character" of this preacher's discourses. The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little He was a good scholar and a stimulating preacher, excelling more particularly in his expository discourses, or "lectures" as they used to be called. Principal Cairns Themes: see descriptive, narrative, expository, argumentative, and reproduction themes. Composition-Rhetoric He impounded the dispersing Butteridge plans with one comprehensive sweep of his arm, rescuing them even from the expository finger-marks of the man with the flat voice, and handed them to Bert. The War in the Air The captain had a superstitious fear of his hold: he became wildly gesticulatory and expository and incompetent at the bare thought of it. Tono Bungay I did so for expository reasons, and to keep the closer to the classic mystical tradition. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature Simple authoring tools exist that allow one to create annotated paths through the information, which are useful for note-taking and for guided tours for teaching purposes and for expository writing. Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts Very much of the work done in our schools is of an expository nature. Composition-Rhetoric Talk should proceed by instances; by the apposite, not the expository. Memories and Portraits Commonness vanished before Ewart, at his expository touch all things became memorable and rare. Tono Bungay An American woman who respects herself," said Mrs. Westgate, turning to Beaumont with her bright expository air, "must buy something every day of her life. An International Episode Hilarius of Poitiers, the most eminent of the Gallic bishops of this period, wrote controversial and expository works in the florid involved style of the neo-Ciceronian orators, which had in their day a high reputation. Latin Literature Another method used by the society was the giving of expository lectures. Unitarianism in America Two remarks of an expository nature will prepare the way for the consideration of these words. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Two remarks of an expository character will prepare the way for what I have further to say. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Let me deal, in a purely expository fashion, with the emblem before us. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Or again, does the author describe with merely expository purpose, to make the background of his work clear? A History of English Literature When it touched upon controverted questions, it was in an expository manner, with the purpose of instructing its readers, and of leading them to a higher appreciation of true religion. Unitarianism in America But there is no less desirable mental attitude than that of straining after gleams of guidance in an expository twilight. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship He led off his captive, and Dorothea heard his expository tones gather volume as the pair crossed the great hall beneath the dome. The Westcotes The obscurity of it is in some degree reflected in the margin of our Bibles; so, perhaps, you will permit one word of an expository nature. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII The seventeenth century theology, like every successive theological, philosophical, and scientific system, has lost its hold on later generations, and it becomes dull indeed in the long expository passages of the poem. A History of English Literature A considerable part of it was prepared by the editor, who drew freely upon expository works. Unitarianism in America Explaining the proposition and outlining the discussion are of an expository nature and will be discussed under the head of conviction. Practical Argumentation Special notice should be taken of the fact that, in earnest argument, sentences have, characteristically, a different run from that in ordinary expository speaking. Public Speaking Two kinds of expository writing are natural for Americans. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Has Defoe any feeling for Nature, or does he describe merely for expository purposes? A History of English Literature In the next chapter I shall make use of all this expository material and shall endeavor to show how playlets are actually written. Writing for Vaudeville An outline in narrative, descriptive, or expository composition is invariably made up of general suggestions, which seldom indicate the same ideas to different persons; it is inexact and incomplete. Practical Argumentation At other times we get a sort of expository lecture, the substance of which I find in my copy of Lange when I get home. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. But the specialist temperament is often not a generalizing and expository temperament. First and Last Things In the first place the subject is properly one not for poetry but for expository prose. A History of English Literature Thus far the little dramatic matter that has been introduced is wholly expository; yet we are already near the middle of the score. A Second Book of Operas Nature in poetry — not in the form of Thomsonian or Cowperian descriptions, good as they are, but closely interwoven with and expository of human thought and feeling — had long been dear to him. David Elginbrod He fell into that expository manner which comes so easily to the native entertaining the visitor from abroad. Secret Places of the Heart "Now, listen to me, Harvey," the professor interrupted, holding up an expository finger. The Golden Fleece, a romance Of clear and trenchant, though metallic, narrative and expository style he is a master. A History of English Literature Perhaps her chief technical faults are tendencies to prolixity and too much expository analysis of characters and motives. A History of English Literature Of expository structure he is almost as great a master as Burke, though in his essays and 'History' the more concrete nature of his material makes him prevailingly a narrator. A History of English Literature |
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