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1. Expository texts Ehrhardt Ploennig

2. What is it? Expository writing is a mode of writing in which the purpose of the author is to inform, explain, describe, or define his or her subject to the reader.

3. What is it? textbooks, encyclopedias, scientific, books/journals, atlases, directions, guides, biographies, newspapers.

4. Five types of Expository Texts Descriptive text Sequence Comparison (compare and contrast) Cause / Effect Problem-Solution

5. Elements of expository texts

6. Descriptive text Describes the topic Tells the reader what the topic is like It tells the reader where to find what is being described The author uses words and pictures or other types of documents in order to appeal to the senses: vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch to bring elements to life

7. Sequential text structure Events are in time and order in a procedure Transitions Firstly Secondly Thirdly Then After that

8. Compare and Contrast Compares two or more ideas or Comparison of two or more topics, subjects or objects to prove clarity of concepts Compare = similarities Contrast = differences / opposite

9. Cause-Effect Many events in historical or natural phenomena happening as a result of other events Seeks to answer questions such as “what happened?” and “why did this/that happen?

10. Problem-Solution