FEATURES OF

EXPOSITIONAL TEXTS
LESSON 7
COMPONENT 2

•PURPOSE OF THE LESSON

•WHETHER IT IS AN EXPOSITORY TEXT SUCH AS AN
INFORMATION REPORT
•• HOW IT WORKS – ITS PARTS OR STRUCTURE – HOW IT
STARTS AND THEN HOW THE REST OF IT IS ORGANIZED
•• WHERE ITS MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION IS
LOCATED.
•A. A DEFINITION OF THE TOPIC OR THING,
SOMETIMES CALLED A CLASSIFICATION.
•B. PARAGRAPHS FOR THE EACH OF THE
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE TOPIC OR THING
•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.
COMPONENT 3

•LANGUAGE PRACTICE
UNFAMILIAR WORDS
ONSET SYMPTOMS
FATIGUE
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
DURATION NUEROLOGICAL
ONSET

•WHEN SYMPTOMS BEGIN

SYMPTOMS

• INDICATORS OF DISEASE
FATIGUE

•TIREDNESS
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

•LONG-LASTING
TIREDNESS
DURATION

•HOW LONG SOMETHING

LASTS
 NEUROLOGICAL

•DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

THAT AFFECT THE BRAIN, SPINAL CORD
AND THE NERVES CONNECTING THEM