EXPOSITORY TEXTSNonfiction Writing

and Texts

EXPOSITORY WRITING

• a type of writing where the purpose is to inform, describe, explain, or define the author's subject to the reader.

EXPOSITORY TEXT• is meant to deposit information.

Examples: driving directions, instructions on how to do something, news articles, biographies, brochures, autobiographies, reviews, magazine articles, speeches, etc.

CAUSE & EFFECT• FIND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE

EVENTS.• THE CAUSES MAKE THE EFFECTS HAPPEN.• USE A MULTI-FLOW MAP.• CAN START WITH EITHER THE CAUSES OR

EFFECTS-DOESN’T MATTER.• Example: History textbook-causes & effects of

the Civil War.

DESCRIPTION• Presents a topic and provides details

about it.• Use either a bubble map or circle map

(Or Both)

• Examples: Books about Bats, Planets, Global Warming, Bullying, Magic Johnson, etc.

PROBLEM & SOLUTION• Often Answers the question, “Why”.• Example: Books that explain why

certain things were invented. Or, Why we do things a certain way.• Identify the problem and find the

solution.

PROCESS• Tells the reader HOW to do something.• *How To• Should be written in steps.• Use the Flow Map to show the steps in

order.• Transitional Words: First, Next, Finally, etc.• Example: Directions on how to build a

table.“How To Build A Bathouse”

COMPARE & CONTRAST• Used to find the similarities &

differences.• Use a double bubble map.• Example: Book written about

alligators and crocodiles. An article written about living in the city vs. living in the country.