Analyze Expository Text Features

Analyze Expository Text Features

by Sanetta Johnson ^{(M. U. Lesson#18)}

​Objectives:

​The learner will:

• ​Paraphrase and summarize texts

• ​Analyze the controlling idea, thesis, and supporting evidence of a text

• ​Analyze text features such as footnotes, endnotes, and citations

Poll

I already know...(check all that apply)

• how to maintain meaning and order of a text by paraphrasing and summarizing

• how to analyze controlling ideas in a text and find evidence to support them

• how to analyze footnotes, endnotes, and citations

• how footnotes, endnotes, and citations contribute to a text

​Introduction

• ​An expository text is any writing that provides information.

• ​Expository texts give readers facts, examples, and purposeful information about a topic.

• ​An expository text's main purpose is to explain.

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Multiple Choice

Based on the information we've covered so far, all of the following are examples of expository texts EXCEPT...

• textbooks

• news articles

• fables

• recipes

​How to start?

• ​Always start with your topic,

  • topic=what your paper will be about.

• ​Turn your topic into a thesis

  • thesis=the main idea of your paper

  • ​written as one sentence at the beginning of the paper

• supporting evidence explains why the thesis statement is true

Types of Evidence

• ​specific details

• ​reasons

• ​examples

• ​charts

• ​graphs

• ​data

• ​A reference to the source of information is a citation.

  • ​a citation tells where you got your information

Multiple Choice

All of the following can be used to explain a topic EXCEPT...

• data

• graphs

• examples

• page numbers

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a citation?

• Citations tell readers where to find your sources.

• Citations summarize your answers.

• Citations control your ideas.

• Citations lead to short stories.

​Endnotes & Footnotes

• ​Footnotes: citations found at the bottom of the page

• ​Endnotes: citations found at the end of a document or the end of the chapter

• ​Plagiarism: stealing someone else's work or ideas and presenting them as your own; not citing your sources

  • ​plagiarism can be accidental or on purpose

Multiple Choice

In a text, where would the endnotes be located?

• at the bottom of the document

• at the end of a complete document

• at the end of a sentence

• at the beginning of the paragraph

​Citations are REQUIRED...

• ​paraphrase: rewriting information in your own words

• ​summary: a brief statement of the main points

• ​synthesizing: combining different ideas from the text to create a conclusion

Multiple Choice

How does a paraphrase differ from a summary?

• A paraphrase does not need to be cited.

• A paraphrase is written in your own words

• A paraphrase can challenge an author's claims.

• A paraphrase is not different from a summary

Open Ended

Reflection: Write a 10 word sentence explaining what you learned today. Your response has to be EXACTLY 10 words.