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EXPLANATION TECHNIQUES

Page for page, you probably write more explanation than any other kind of writing. Instructions, examples, comparisons, accounts of how something caused something else - all are explanation. Even proposals will use explanation to support their advocacy at one point or another.

Specifically, we can identify seven types of explanation.

  • Example
  • Analogy
  • Definition
  • Categorisation
  • Comparison and contrast
  • Cause and effect
  • Process analysis

Let's look at each type.

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