Name: ________________________________________

Notes: Expository/Informational Text

What is it?
 It is informational text (text that gives information) that explains something to
the reader.
 Expository and informational text are ALMOST the same thing. The only
difference is that expository text can include opinions. Informational text just
sticks to the facts.
 Most of the time these two words can be used interchangeably.

What is the author’s purpose?

 To inform

Expository Text…
 Has clear, organized paragraphs  Has facts and opinions
 Gives reasons and details  Includes examples
 Helps the reader understand something  Teaches the reader

Some examples include…

 Magazine articles  Internet sites
 Textbooks  Newspaper articles
 Brochures  Essays
 Expository Text Features
Bold Print-any text that is heavier and darker than the rest and used to show
key words or vocabulary words

 Example: When a caterpillar is grown, it doesn’t eat food for a while. It sheds its skin, grows a hard outer
covering, and becomes a chrysalis.

Italicized Print-text that is slanted and used to make a certain word or phrase
stand out

 Example: Caterpillars are amazing insects capable of metamorphosis.

Photograph-a real image captured with a camera

Illustration-a drawing done digitally or by hand

Diagram-an illustration used to point out specific

parts of something

Caption-a brief description accompanying an illustration or photograph

After metamorphosis is complete, the butterfly emerges from its shell.

Glossary-an alphabetical list of difficult terms
and definitions
 A glossary can usually be found at the end of a book. (It
sometimes can even be found at the end of an article or a
chapter.)
abdomen – the back section of an insect
chrysalis – stage when the insect changes from a
caterpillar to a butterfly
thorax – the part of an insect’s body from the head
to the abdomen

Title-a word or phrase at the beginning of a text that tells the reader what the
topic is

Butterfly Changes
Becoming a Chrysalis
When a caterpillar is grown, it doesn’t eat food for a while. It sheds its skin, grows a hard outer
covering, and becomes a chrysalis.
Metamorphosis
This stage in the development of a butterfly can take two weeks up to a couple of months. After
metamorphosis, the butterfly emerges from its shell.

Heading-a word or phrase at the top of paragraphs, chapters, or pages which give
you a clue as to what the main idea of that chunk of text is

Butterfly Changes
Becoming a Chrysalis
When a caterpillar is grown, it doesn’t eat food for a while. It sheds its skin, grows a hard outer
covering, and becomes a chrysalis.
Metamorphosis
This stage in the development of a butterfly can take two weeks up to a couple of months. After
metamorphosis, the butterfly emerges from its shell.
Index-an alphabetical list at the end of the book that abdomen 8, 9

lists important ideas, terms, places, people, and subjects in

antennae 7, 8, 9

caterpillar 18, 19, 20, 21

the book and the pages where these can be found
monarch butterfly 17, 21

Table of Contents-a listing of the chapters or Insects……………………………………4

articles in a text and the pages where they can be Habitat…………………………………..6

Appearance……………………………8
located
Colors………………………………..…..10

Food……………………………………….14

Life Cycle………………………………..18

Sidebar-an interesting fact or facts enclosed in a box and usually found along the
edges of informational text

Becoming a Chrysalis Something Neat

about Butterfly Feet
When a caterpillar is grown, it doesn’t eat food for awhile. It sheds
its skin, grows a hard outer covering, and becomes a chrysalis. Butterflies taste with
their feet before
Metamorphosis laying eggs. They
want to make sure
This stage in the development of a butterfly can take two weeks
the leaf will be
up to a couple of months. After metamorphosis, the butterfly beneficial for the
emerges from its shell. newly hatched
caterpillars to eat.
 Name: ________________________________________

Notes: Expository/Informational Text

What is it?
 It is informational text (text that gives ________________) that
___________ something to the reader.

 Expository and informational text are ALMOST the _________ thing. The only
difference is that _________________ text can include _____________.
Informational text just sticks to the facts.

 Most of the time these two words can be used _______________________.

What is the author’s purpose?

 To _______________

Expository Text…
 Has clear, ______________ paragraphs  Has __________ and opinions
 Gives reasons and __________  Includes ____________
 Helps the reader ______________ something
 ____________ the reader

Some examples include…

 Magazine articles  Internet sites
 ______________  ______________ articles
 Brochures  Essays
 Expository Text Features
Bold Print-any text that is _____________ and _____________ than the rest
and used to show ______ words or ________________ words

 Example: When a caterpillar is grown, it doesn’t eat food for a while. It sheds its skin, grows a hard outer
covering, and becomes a chrysalis.

Italicized Print-text that is _____________ and used to make a certain word or

phrase _________ ______

 Example: Caterpillars are amazing insects capable of metamorphosis.

Photograph-a _________ image captured with a ____________

Illustration-a ____________ done digitally or by hand

Diagram-an _______________ used to point out specific

________ of something

Caption-a brief ______________ accompanying an ______________ or

________________

After metamorphosis is complete, the butterfly emerges from its shell.

Glossary-an ________________ list of
abdomen – the back section of an insect

difficult terms and ______________ chrysalis – stage when the insect changes from a
caterpillar to a butterfly

 A glossary can usually be found at the end of a book. (It thorax – the part of an insect’s body from the head
sometimes can even be found at the end of an article or a to the abdomen

chapter.)

Title-a __________ or ____________ at the _______________ of a text that

tells the reader what the __________ is

Butterfly Changes
Becoming a Chrysalis
When a caterpillar is grown, it doesn’t eat food for a while. It sheds its skin, grows a hard outer
covering, and becomes a chrysalis.
Metamorphosis
This stage in the development of a butterfly can take two weeks up to a couple of months. After
metamorphosis, the butterfly emerges from its shell.

Heading-a ________ or ________ at the _____ of paragraphs, chapters, or

pages which give you a clue as to what the _______ _______ of that chunk of
text is

Butterfly Changes
Becoming a Chrysalis
When a caterpillar is grown, it doesn’t eat food for a while. It sheds its skin, grows a hard outer
covering, and becomes a chrysalis.
Metamorphosis
This stage in the development of a butterfly can take two weeks up to a couple of months. After
metamorphosis, the butterfly emerges from its shell.
Index-an alphabetical list at the end of the book that lists _____________ ideas,
terms, places, people, and _________ in the book and
abdomen 8, 9
the _________ where these can be found
antennae 7, 8, 9

caterpillar 18, 19, 20, 21

monarch butterfly 17, 21

Table of Contents-a listing of the ___________ or articles in a text and the

_________ where they can be located Insects……………………………………4

Habitat…………………………………..6

Appearance……………………………8

Colors………………………………..…..10

Food……………………………………….14

Life Cycle………………………………..18

Sidebar-an _______________ ________ or facts enclosed in a _______ and

usually found along the edges of informational text

Becoming a Chrysalis Something Neat

about Butterfly Feet
When a caterpillar is grown, it doesn’t eat food for awhile. It
sheds its skin, grows a hard outer covering, and becomes a chrysalis. Butterflies taste with
their feet before
Metamorphosis
laying eggs. They
This stage in the development of a butterfly can take two weeks want to make sure
up to a couple of months. After metamorphosis, the butterfly emerges the leaf will be
from its shell. beneficial for the
newly hatched
caterpillars to eat.