What are those stone figures that loom high above on some buildings and why are they there?
Descriptions of gargoyles and their uses on buildings.
■ Nonfiction expository text, descriptive with little action
■ Third person
■ Tense changes back and forth between present and past
■ Historical content
■ Alliteration
■ Complex sentence structures
■ Probably some unfamiliar vocabulary
■ Some definitions included in text
■ Content probably unfamiliar
■ Extra information on inside back cover
■ Pronunciation guide
■ Use of comma separating identical words repeated for
emphasis