EXPOSITORY TEXT

Informational text that explains something to the reader. The author’s purpose is to inform. BOOK FEATURES Table of Contents: Glossary:

This helps the reader find key topics in the text in the order An alphabetical list of important words and what they mean from they are presented. from the text.

TEXT FEATURES Captions Maps Words, phrases or sentences that A visual image of a geographical feature that help the reader understand a picture, usually has a key or scale. photograph or illustration.

Index Labels An alphabetical list of almost everything Words that help the reader identify a picture, covered in the text with page numbers where they photograph, or a diagram and its parts. can be found.

Photographs Types of print Pictures taken with cameras to show how objects appear Italics Underline in real life. They help the reader understand BOLD Capital