Expository Text Features

Type of text in expository that provide list items, events, or steps in numerical or chronological order called........

• description

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Expository means...

• to persuade

• to explain or describe something

• to read carefully

• to ask questions about a topic

The purpose of expository text is ...................

• retell about a topic

• to inform, describe and explain a topic with facts

• to describe a topic

• to explain a topic with many examples

Type of expository text that presents a problem and lists one or more solution for a problem called

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• sequence

Expository Text should give information that is

• Fictional

• Non-Fictional

Which is an example of a text feature in expository text?

• photos and captions

• charts and graphs

• maps

• all of these

What is the main purpose of text features in expository text?

• to draw attention away from the facts in the text

• to better explain (support) the information in the text

• to give the reader unimportant information

• to make the reader stop reading the text

The introduction to expository text includes what?

• climax

• main idea/thesis

• plot

• characters

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