LiteratureModels4UnitUnitExpositoryWriting:ResearchReport67LiteratureModelsExpositoryWritingWhenwasthelasttimeyougaveimportantinformationaboutaspecifictopic?Yourfactsanddetailsareanexampleofexpositorywriting.Thistypeofwritingsummarizesfactsfromdifferentsourcestodrawalogicalconclusion.LearningfromWritersReadthefollowingexamplesofexpositorywriting.Whatfactsandinformationdotheypresent?Asyouread,lookforthemainideaandhowthewritersdevelopitwithdetails.Mummies,Tombs,andTreasure:SecretsofAncientEgyptIn1875,unusualobjectsbegantoappearforsaleintheshops,hotels,andbazaarsofLuxor.ThisnewcityhadsprungtolifeontheeastbankoftheNile,onthesiteofancientThebes.Eversincetheearly1800s,whenEgypt’spasthadbeguntoberevealedthroughthediscoveryoftheRosettaStone,thecountryhadbeenswarmingwithforeignvisitors.Amongthemweretourists,souvenirseekers,artcollectors,andarchaeologists,whowerestudyingthemonumentsanddiggingfortheremainsofEgypt’sancientcivilization.Themysteriousobjectsthatwerecomingonthemarketturnedouttobescrolls,shabtis,andotherarticlesbelongingtothevariousrulersoftheNewKingdomandoftheTwenty-firstDynasty,whichfollowedit.Finally,in1881,theEgyptiangovernmenttrackeddownthesourceofthearticles.Sureenough,oneoftheoldtomb-robbingfamilieshadbeenatworkagain.ApairofbrothershaddiscoveredthehidingplaceofthemummiesnearthetempleofQueenHatshepsut.—LilaPerl,fromMummies,Tombs,andTreasure:SecretsofAncientEgyptANDWRITETHNKPurposeWhydoyouthinkpeoplewritetoinform,explain,orreport?Writeabriefexplanationinyourjournal.Alsoexplainwhatyoucanlearnfromreadingexpositorywriting.68LiteratureModelsThinkingLikeaReader1.InwhichsentencedoesAnnaLopezstatehermainidea?2.WhatimportantinformationdidyoulearnaboutMachuPicchufrom“AnAncientIncaCity”?ThinkingLikeaWriter3.Whatdetailsdidthewriterprovideaboutthemainidea?4.Howdidthewriterconnecteachpieceofinformationin“AnAncientIncaCity?”PRACTICEANDAPPLYAnAncientIncaCityTherearemanyremarkablearchaeologicalsitesintheWesternHemisphere,butoneofthemostfascinatingofallisMachuPicchu,a...
