No,It may be helpful but most time you won't understand what you read. It's better to slowly read and understand you're passage.
Well an expository essay is a writing peice that explains your topic or whatever you plan to write about and when you write you can really use any method but it has to sound right and feel right.
The answer is: helps Candice more than me because it makes more sense.
To gather details for your narrative. -gradpoint