FEATURES OF

EXPOSITORY TEXTS
Lesson 7
Last week we talked about different types
of texts. We learned that they are called
Narrative, Expository, Explanation,
Recount or Persuasive and we focused on
types of text that involved telling a story
– sometimes they were factual, they
actually happened and some of them
were fictional, made up, imaginary.
 This lesson we look at a short Expository text
and we are going to see how it works so that
when you get a text to read that you have not
seen before you know:
1. whether it is an Expository text such as an
Information Report
2. how it works – its parts or structure – how it
starts and then how the rest of it is organized
3. where its most important information is
located.
 Expository texts like Information
Reports usually have 2 major
components:
1. A definition of the topic or thing,
sometimes called a classification.
2. Paragraphs for the each of the various
aspects of the topic or thing.
Some Expository/Information Reports
may have a third feature – a conclusion,
usually in the form of a general statement
about the topic or thing. It’s not always
there though because the main thing about
these types of texts is to give you a lot of
organized information on the topic but not
always an opinion about it.
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PRACTICE