EXPOSITION/WRITING

EXPOSITORY TEXT
What is….?
Expository text

•An expository text nearly presents or provides information about a particular topic or issue

•Sometimes called informational writing where the writer provides facts on a given topic in a way that is educational and purposeful
•expository writing may also providing
descriptions, citing reasons, presenting
explanations, and enumerating steps of
a specific process
 EXPOSITORY TEXT

• Does not tell story

•does not use emotion
✓fact-based
✓to educates the readers by
presenting facts on reliable source
KEY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

Clear and concise thesis statement

•usually presented in the initial
paragraph the thesis statement
introduce the main topic or idea and
provides the overall direction for text
Clear transition
•the use of clear and proper transition
will glue the introduction the body and
the conclusion together

•without the effective use of transition

the exposition may seem like disjointed
collection of sentences
A BODY THAT CONTAINS EVIDENCE AND
SUPPORT

•while most people might think of an

expository text like an essay as
something that be written even without
due research and preparations the use
of supporting evidence like examples
and explanations form a huge part of a
fact-based-expository text
AN EFFECTIVE CONCLUSION

•it is essential to remember that a

conclusion is not only meant to
summarize the ideas presented from the
introduction to the body

•instead a conclusion should tie the

ideas altogether while highlighting the
true essence of the main idea in the
text
Language features of exposition

Because, Therefore, For this reason,

consequently, As a result, Due to,
Since Thus This lead to,

But, as well as on Similar to, different In contrast, although

the other hand from, however In the same way

For example,