Expository Texts

The text...

• • is about...

  • deals with (the question of why)...

  • presents / describes / represents...

  • refers to...

The author...

• • states / points out / claims / believes / argues that...

  • describes / explains / makes clear that...

  • uses examples in order to...

  • agrees / disagrees with the point of view that...

  • criticizes that...

  • comments on the following...

  • shows that it is important to consider...

  • compares X to Y...

Structure:

• • The text consists of ... parts.

  • The text can be divided into ... parts.

  • The first part deals with...

  • The following paragraph refers to...

  • The third part discusses the question...

  • In the second part, the text is concerned with...

  • In the last part, the author criticizes...

  • In the final statement, the author concludes that...