Expository Reading Comprehension

In expository text, you usually can locate the main idea/topic sentence of each paragraph 

• at the beginning of each paragraph
• in the middle of the paragraph
• at the end of the paragraph
• a paragraph doesn't have a topic sentence

A summary of expository text does not include opinion--only facts.

• True
• False
• Can be true or false

The subheading (under the title) of expository text can often be the main idea of the whole selection.

• True

• False

When you are looking for a particular piece of information in expository text, what can help you FIRST?

• Rereading the entire selection
• Rereading the subheading for each section of text
• Looking at the photos
• Reading the last paragraph

What is the text structure of expository text?

• The shape of the text and photos on the page
• The nouns and verbs in each section
• How the text is organized to give the reader the information

Why is the text structure important?

• It makes the story go faster
• It gives you the summary of the text
• It serves no purpose
• It reveals the author's purpose for writing the text

Reading the title, subtitle, subheadings, photos and captions BEFORE reading expository text 

• only works for good readers
•  makes you waste time before reading the selection
• creates background information so you can better understand the text
• gives you all of the answers so you don't have to read the selection

If a writer's purpose is to explain what happened to Houston after Hurricane Harvey hit, he/she would use what text structure?

• sequence/chronological

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• description

If a writer's purpose is to explain how Houston cleaned up and rebuilt after Hurricane Harvey, he/she would use what text structure?

• sequence/chronological
• cause and effect
• problem and solution
• description 

If a writer's purpose was to explain the events leading up to Hurricane Harvey, he/she would use what text structure?

• sequence/chronological
• cause and effect 
• problem and solution
• description