Reading and Analyzing Expository Texts

Character development, plot progression, and setting description

Theme exploration, conflict development, and resolution

Main idea, supporting details, text structure, author's purpose, and tone

Use of figurative language, symbolism, and imagery

To entertain the reader with fictional stories.

To explain or inform the reader about a specific topic or subject.

To persuade the reader to take a specific action.

To confuse the reader with complex language.

Look for clues in the middle paragraphs

Consider only the introductory paragraph

Identify the central theme or topic, look for clues in introductory and concluding paragraphs, headings, subheadings, and topic sentences, identify repeated information or ideas, and consider supporting details and evidence.

Identify the main characters in the text

Analyzing text structure helps to determine the author's opinion in an expository text.

Analyzing text structure allows for a deeper understanding of the characters in an expository text.

Analyzing text structure helps to identify the organization and relationships between ideas in an expository text.

Analyzing text structure is only important for fictional texts, not expository texts.

textbooks, newspaper articles, encyclopedias, scientific journals

cookbooks, travel guides, biographies

magazines, comic books, graphic novels

novels, short stories, poetry

Inferences and conclusions are the same thing.

Inferences are based on evidence, while conclusions are based on opinions.

Inferences are deductions made by the reader, while conclusions are judgments made by the author.

Inferences are judgments made by the reader, while conclusions are deductions made by the author.

To discern the writer's personal beliefs.

To enhance their reading pace and effectiveness.

To commit all the details in the article to memory.

To understand the overall intent and message of the article.