Expository Text Features
Transcript of Expository Text Features
Expository Text Features
WHAT IS EXPOSITORY TEXT?
Non-fiction (True!)
Informative
Analytical
Descriptive
It can be…boring
Expository text can range from many categories including history, science, sports, biographies, and any other non-fiction source. By the end of this lesson, all of you should be able to explain expository text and identify the various features that help when reading expository text.
WHERE IS IT FOUND?
Expository text can be found in many different informational resources including:
Academic websites
Textbooks
Almanacs
WHERE IS IT FOUND? (CONTINUED)
Encyclopedias
Newspapers
Biographies
As well as any other non fiction text. If you are learning, it’s probably expository!
HOW TO READ EXPOSITORY TEXT
Look for expository text features, or “clues,” that will help you to understand the reading material. Some features are:
Photographs
Headlines and titles
Footnotes
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1 A footnote appears at the bottom of a text beside a number (in order), and tends to provide background information on a subject, or provides references as to where material was gathered from.
Captions (Often appear below pictures)
FEATURES (CONTINUED)
Graphs and tables
Maps
Table of Contents
CONTINUED…
Bolded words
• Bullets or symbols
Glossary
FEATURES EXPLAINED
Each of these helpful features can be a useful tool in allowing the reader to understand the information
in the text. For the most part, anything on the
page that JUMPS OUT AT YOU or catches your eye is a feature designed to make the
expository text easier to read.
PRACTICE! IDENTIFY THE FEATURES IN THIS SAMPLE TEXT
Source for all text and the picture of Jefferson material, and to see more examples of expository text features: http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biojeff1.cfm
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PRACTICE! IDENTIFY THE FEATURES IN THIS SAMPLE TEXT1
Source for text, map, and photograph regarding ancient Rome, and for further examples if expository text/historical information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/the_roman_army/
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REVIEW
Explain why the Thomas Jefferson biography excerpt and the historical information on the Romans is expository
text.
Because it’s non-fiction informational text. (It’s true!)