<p> EXPOSITORY TEXT</p><p>Informational text that explains something to the reader. The author’s purpose is to inform. BOOK FEATURES Table of Contents: Glossary:</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p>