Example/Good

• Exemplar / Good Example

  • An example is something that illustrates a concept.

    An exemplar is something that represents it at a high or ideal standard.
    
    More concretely:
    

  • Example
    • Purpose: clarify or explain
    • Quality: doesn’t matter much
    • Role: “one instance among many”
    • e.g., a random sentence showing a grammar rule
  • Exemplar
    • Purpose: model or benchmark
    • Quality: typically excellent or canonical
    • Role: “this is what it should look like”
    • e.g., a perfectly written essay used as a standard

      
      In short:
      example = illustrative instance
      exemplar = ideal instance