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Expository Text Features

Read each question carefully. For questions that say “Select all that apply,” more than one answer is correct.

Purpose and features

Expository writing explains a subject or shares information. Its structure and text features help readers locate, understand, and remember important ideas.

1.What is an expository text mainly written to do?

Explain a topic or provide information
Tell an imaginary adventure for amusement
Share a speaker’s feelings in verse
Convince readers to choose one product

2.Select all the parts that commonly help organise an expository article.

An opening that introduces the subject
Body paragraphs that develop ideas with details
A sequence of dialogue between fictional characters
An ending that brings the main ideas together
A pattern of rhyming lines

3.Select all the items that are text features often used in expository writing.

Headings and subheadings
Bolded key terms
A map, diagram, or chart
A description of a hero’s personality
A glossary

4.An article explains how a spacecraft turns used water into water that can be used again. Which detail would best suit the article?

A made-up tale about a water droplet that talks
A description of the filtering steps and why they matter
A list of an astronaut’s favourite songs
A poem about the stars

Read and analyse

Read the passage, then answer the questions that follow. Water on a Spacecraft A spacecraft carries only a limited supply of water, so its crew must use this resource carefully. On long missions, a water-recovery system can collect moisture from the cabin and used water from daily activities. The system cleans the water through several treatment steps. Sensors then check its quality before it is stored for reuse. Although recovered water supports crew members, spacecraft still need careful planning and backup supplies. Efficient water recovery helps missions make the most of the resources they carry.

5.Which choice best describes the passage’s overall structure?

It introduces a problem, explains a system, and ends by stating its value
It tells events in a fictional character’s life
It compares two spacecraft without explaining either one
It gives instructions for building a water-recovery system

6.In the passage, what does the water-recovery system do before water is stored for reuse?

7.Complete the statement: Unlike imaginative stories, expository texts usually present and to explain a subject.

8.How could a heading, a labelled process diagram, and a bold key term each help someone reading an article about spacecraft water recovery?

Match the feature to its job

Write the letter of the best description beside each text feature.

9.In two or three sentences, explain what expository writing is and how noticing its organisation can help a reader.

10.An informational article called “Preparing Food for a Space Mission” needs three useful text features. Name a suitable feature and explain how it could help readers for each of these purposes: defining a technical word, showing a sequence of steps, and locating a particular section.

11.Plan an expository text about a topic you would like to learn about. Write a possible main idea for the introduction, two points the body could explain, and a sentence that could summarise the article. Your plan may use any suitable topic.