Question

Instructions:Select the correct excerpts.

Answer 1

The correct answers are Excerpt 1 and Excerpt 2

Explanation:

Expository text is a type of text that aims at explaining some issue, subject or situation, this means this text main objective is to make the reader aware of something. Due to this, expository texts usually organize information precisely to explain the main points related to a specific issue or subject, use precise language that can include technical words as well as examples, dates, statistical information, among others to explain properly all points. Considering this, excerpt 1 and 2 are expository texts, in the case of excerpt 1 it aims at explaining Mt. St. Helens and the events that make the scientists discover this was not a mountain, but an active volcano, due to this, this excerpt includes precise dates, information organized chronologically and information related to volcanoes. In the case of excerpt 2, it aims at explaining anxiety for this it includes the definition of anxiety, its symptoms and how to deal with it properly. Thus, as both excerpt 1 and 2 aim at explaining, use precise words and organization and the information include aims at making the reader aware about some issue or subject these are expository texts.

Answer 2

Answer:

The excerpts that would best be characterized as expository texts are excerpt 2 and excerpt 3

Explanation:

An expository text or essay has the purpose of presenting information clearly and directly, avoiding the use of any kind of narrative and using real facts that can be proved, they are made to inform people, they have a thesis and supporting details, then the paragraphs 2 and 3 follow that kind of structure while the other three are written in narrative and present characters to tell a story that might be inspired by real data but does not present them in a scientific or historic way.