Expository Text

Expository texts...

• are made up.

• provide the reader with facts.

• are written like a story.

• are fiction.

Which is NOT an example of a text feature?

• diagram

• photograph

• map

• the author's name

What is the author's purpose for writing an expository text?

• to teach

• to inform

• to explain

• all of the above

The _____ is what the text is mostly about.

• theme

• main idea

• key details

• genre

What supports the main idea?

• genre

• columns

• key details

• questions

What kind of text feature is this?

• map

• photograph

• timeline

• diagram

What kind of text feature is this?

• diagram

• map

• timeline

• photograph

What kind of text feature is this?

• map

• timeline

• illustration

• photograph

What kind of text feature is this?

• photograph

• map

• timeline

• heading

What kind of text feature is this?

• diagram

• heading

• photograph

• illustration