Expository Nonfiction

Sometimes, a writer want to use a work to explain or educate a reader about a topic. This type of nonfiction is called expository nonfiction. Authors use expository nonfiction to provide information to readers about a particular topic. If you think about it, this entire English course is an expository text; however, so are news articles, textbooks, and instruction manuals. Expository writing provides facts that explain, inform, or teach a reader how to do something.

Essential Question

• What are the characteristics of expository nonfiction?