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Reading Expository Text Expository Texts include: text books, non-fiction trade (library) books, newspaper & magazine articles, directions, essays, speeches, user manuals (how-to guides), government documents (such as the driver’s license test booklet). There are certain elements found in expository text, each type of element makes its own demands on the reader: description, sequence, comparison, cause & effect, problem & solution, proposition & support. Description The author lists characteristics, features, and examples to describeeat insects a subject. Have wings Bats They fly Sequence The author lists items or events in numerical or chronological order. Helps the reader understand how Almost 300 males events are related competed in the Modern Olympics began in 1896 Olympics ended in 394 A.D. Olympics began in 276 B.C. 1896 Olympics Comparison & Contrast seasons – sun shines sports are played Summer and Winter The author explains how two or more things are alike or different. no snow warmer temperatures flowers baby animals Easter & 4th of July snow colder temperatures no flowers blooming bears hibernate Christmas & New Years Cause & Effect The author explains one or more causes and the resulting effect or effects. Problem & Solution The author states a problem and lists one or more solutions for the problem.
