Moving Without Legs

Moving without Legs is an informational explanation.  The text explains how earthworms, slugs, and leeches move.  The style is informative and conversational.

The book has a table of contents and is divided into four sections, an introduction and three sections supporting the main idea.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Labelled photographs and labelled cross-section and sequence diagrams support the text and add meaning.  A summary chart concludes the text.  An index is provided.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that provides the characteristics of an explanation, including a topic, headings, supporting information, and visuals.

Some words, such as slimy, segments, divided, muscle, mucus, suckers, and surfaces may need clarification.  The adjectives interesting, smooth, and back are used.  The pronouns they, their, it, them, and its are used.

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