Text Structure Review - 4th Grade

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What is a Cause and Effect text structure?

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How facts or events happen or come into being because of other facts or events.

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Identify the text structure: There are plenty of games you can play during recess. For example, you can go down the slide, sit on the swings, play hopscotch, and tag. In fact, you can make new friends during this time.

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Description.

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Identify the text structure: Sacagawea was born circa 1788 and was the daughter of a Shoshone chief. At the age of 12, she was captured and sold to a French Canadian trapper. She joined Lewis and Clark expedition in November 1804. She died at Fort Manuel circa 1812.

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Chronological.

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What is a Sequence text structure?

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Steps or the order they occur.

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What is a Problem and Solution text structure?

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Develops a problem and one or more solutions to the problem.

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What is a Compare and Contrast text structure?

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Point out the likeness and/or differences among facts, people, or events.

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What is a Description text structure?

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Provides characteristics of a person, place, thing, or idea.

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What is a Chronological text structure?

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Order of events in the sequence they occur.

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What is the purpose of using text structures?

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To help readers understand the organization of information in a text.

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How can you identify a Cause and Effect text structure in a passage?

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Look for signal words like 'because', 'therefore', or 'as a result'.