Exposition Essay...?

What is an exposition?

Traditionally, exposition is a method of inquiry by which one dissects, analyses and defines a particular event, ideology or human behaviour. It is one of the most popularly-used rhetorical mode of discourse, commonly seen in news, scientific research, business and the legal world.

Fictionally, authors use exposition as a mean to convey information to the reader. This is usually done by creating a dramatic monologue, in which either the protagonist or the archvillain gives the reader sufficient information of the backstory of the essay. However, this method has been criticized for being dreary and dull, and many see it as short-cuts made by the author to spoon-feed the reader mass information as quickly as possible. One classical example exposition used in fiction is the White Council in The Fellowship of the Ring. Other forms of exposition in fiction is through the use of an unnamed narrator stating the occurrences and political atmosphere of the setting, or through a long-lost Log Book or Lore Chronicles to get the information across.

According to Wikipedia, there are 5 different types of exposition writing, and they are as follows:

Sequence writing lists events or steps in chronological order.
Descriptive essays use the senses of sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste to provide the reader with a mental image or feeling about the subject.
Classification writing uses an organizational strategy to arrange groups of objects or ideas according to a common theme.
Comparison writing shows the similarities and differences between two or more subjects.
Cause-and-effect writing, also known as analysis, identifies the reasons for an event or situation.