EXPOSITORY TEXT FEATURES

It helps a reader find key topics in the text in the order they are presented.

• Table of Contents

• Chart and Table

• Graph

• Photograph

It represents and show data related to, or elaborate on, something in the main body of the text.

• Table of Content

• Chart and Table

• Photograph

• Pictogprah

It helps a reader compare information in a visual way.

• Chart and Table

• Table of Contents

• Index

• Graph

A picture taken with a camera to show how objects appear in real life. It helps a reader understand exactly what something looks like.

• Chart and Table

• Diagram

• Photograph

• Index

Words, phrases, or sentences that help a reader understand a picture, photograph or illustration.

• Captions and Labels

• Photograph

• Index

• Diagram

An alphabetical list of important words that tells the definition of some of the words found in a text. It can be found at the end of a book.

• Timeline

• Table of Contents

• Glossary

• Chart and Table

Tells what pages the reader can find certain topics

• Index

• Timeline

• Diagram

• Glossary

Displays events in the sequence as to when they occurred.

• Index

• Glossary

• Diagram

• Timeline

Allows readers to see detailed depictions of an object from the text with labels that teach the important components.

• Photograph

• Diagram

• Captions and Labels

• Glossary

Which of the following is not an example of a Graph?

• Line Graph

• Bar Graph

• Pictograph

• Timeline