Characteristics of Expository text

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Characteristics of Expository text:

1. Deals with topics often not known

2. New information makes prediction difficult

3. Key vocabulary is usually new

4. Abstract concepts are explained

5. Text is thing or subject oriented

6. Facts make text more concept- dense

7. Explanations have impersonal meaning

8. May have no relation to own life/interest

9. Mainly gives authentic and accurate information

10. Purpose is to inform, explain or persuade