Features of…

Expository Writing-Informational

-       It begins with a topic sentence.

-       It answers the questions who? what? when? where? and why?.

-       It usually tells about events in the order they occurred.

-       It includes only facts, not opinions.

-       It opens with an interesting “lead” or first sentence that gets the reader’s attention.

-       It often includes quotes or indirect quotes from people involved.