Expository text.
Learning to navigate instructional and expository texts can be a challenge for beginner readers.
What is expository text? Expository text is the communication of information with the primary
purpose of education. Thus, the text is efficient, but not always effective at communicating
concepts in ways that are easy to grasp. Students with limited exposure to formal education,
students with learning disabilities, English Language Learners, and even average students may
have a difficult time identifying the structure of the text and comprehending material with
content-specific vocabulary.
Providing students with direct instruction, as well as scaffolded instruction in these skills, will
increase comprehension, improve recall of material, prepare students for note-taking, and aid in
the development of research skills. Storyboard That makes the characteristics of expository text
less of an obstacle for students seeking to absorb the information. The following article explains
the different structures used in this type of writing, as well as how to identify and understand
these structures.
Example
(1) Biographical Reviews
Like those that appear in books or records, they contain a summarized extract of the author’s
career, naming awards, publications and career. For instance:
Gabriel Payares (London, 1982). Venezuelan writer, Bachelor of Arts and Master in Latin
American Literature, as well as Creative Writing. He is the author of three books of stories:
When the waters fell (Monte Ávila Editores, 2008), Hotel (PuntoCero Ediciones, 2012) and Lo
irreparable (PuntoCero Ediciones, 2016). He has been awarded nationally and internationally
as a short story writer and currently resides in Buenos Aires
(2).Pharmacological descriptions
The drug leaflets detail the content and how to use the drug. They do not give rise to
interpretations, but are clear, direct and objective. For instance:
IBUPROFEN. Analgesic and anti-inflammatory. Indicated for the treatment of painful conditions,
with significant inflammation, such as mild rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis or
musculoskeletal ailments. Indicated for moderate pain in the postoperative period, dental pain,
dysmenorrhea and headaches.
(3).Certain scientific texts
Some of them, like encyclopedia entries, are limited to reporting the status of a subject,
displaying or compiling results, checking references, and so on. For instance:
A quasar or quasar is an astronomical source of energies of an electromagnetic order, including
radio frequencies and visible light. Its name is an acronym for “Quasi-Stellar Radio Source” in
English
(4).Market lists
Apart from being very brief, they do not contain arguments but rather provide an objective list of
products that you want to buy. For instance:
– Potato, onion, tomato. – Wheat pasta. – Pear (or apple) juice – Cloths for the kitchen –
Cleaner – Savory biscuits
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(5).Bibliographies
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They establish the relationship of the texts consulted in an investigation of any kind,
according to an alphabetical criterion, without establishing judgments regarding what is
detailed. For instance:
– Hernández Guzmán, N. (2009). Educational implications in the instrumental didactics of
the Puerto Rican cuatro: Life and musical experiences of outstanding virtuous
performers (Doctoral dissertation). Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan
Campus.
