expository text

Expository text should give information that is_________.

• non-fiction
• fictional

What is the purpose of an expository writing piece?

• To inform/explain
• To persuade
• To express ideas/feelings
• To entertain

Which one of the choices below would be the best example of expository writing?

• a fictional novel

• a science textbook

• a journal

• a book of poems

Your audience is...

• How you are writing

• What you are writing

• Why you are writing

• Who you are writing for

What text feature is this?

• text box

• Diagram

• Table of Contents

This text feature is called a

(a)  

What is this text feature?

• Timeline
• Graph
• Map
• Chart