Expository Texts Trivia

What tone is primarily conveyed in expository texts due to the authors’ expertise and reliable information?

• Persuasive

• Authoritative

• Entertaining

• Narrative

Expository text often progresses in these two ways:

• Specific to general and concrete to abstract information.

• General to specific and abstract to concrete information.

• Abstract to concrete without any specific order.

• Entertaining to serious topics.

Which of the following is NOT a common structure used in expository texts?

• Cause-Effect

• First-person narrative

• Problem-Solution

• Comparison-Contrast

Expository texts are known for using

• Complex and ambiguous language

• Clear and focused language

• Rhymes and rhythmic patterns

• Figurative language and metaphors

What is the purpose of using specific structures like cause-effect, comparison-contrast, or problem-solution in expository texts

• To entertain the reader with stories

• To present and explain information clearly

• To persuade the reader of a particular viewpoint

• To describe characters and settings vividly

Which of the following structures is used in expository text to argue in favor of or against a particular proposition?

• Narrative recount

• Proposition-support or sequential listing

• Autobiographical recount

• Descriptive

Definition-example structure in expository texts serves to:

• Compare and contrast two or more items.

• Tell a story with a moral at the end.

• Define a concept and provide instances of it.

• Describe a scene or person in detail.