Informative Text Structures

Informative Text Structures

You would NOT believe how easy this is...Are you one of them?

WHAT?! Every piece of writing has structure! ​Keep reading on to discover how writers get away with this!

How does an author choose his/her structure?

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1. ​Task: What is it you want to write?

2. ​Purpose: Do you want to persuade, inform, explain, entertain, or describe?

3. ​Audience: Who are you writing to?

Multiple Select

Check all the Author's Purposes.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Inciting

• Example

• Explain

​Text Structure: Define...like they ACTUALLY tell you what it's about.

• ​an author only gives FACTS about a topic

• ​unbiased but they EXPOSE the TRUTH

Draw

Circle all the proper nouns.

Multiple Choice

If the text structure is define, would the author be biased?

• Yes

• No

​Text Structure: Cause & Effect...There are ACTUALLY effects to DECISIONS made by the writers today.

• facts on why something happened and how/what happened​

• ​unbiased

• ​For example:

• ​Cause: Zeus is the god of the sky.

• ​Effect: He controls what happens in the sky

​Text Structure: Problem & Solution...You would NOT believe the results they give. See for yourself.

• ​facts on what went wrong & how it is being fixed.

How DARE they?! Authors use the Text Structure: ​Order & Sequence to put things in order...the madness must END.

• ​facts about an event in chronological order

• ​give unbiased facts

• ​like a timeline

​Can you BELIEVE it?! Authors write with Text Structure: Compare & Contrast to identify the SAMES & DIFFS, like what actually?

• ​gives facts to identify similarities and differences

• ​unbiased

Draw

Circle the common nouns.

Multiple Choice

What do all of the text structures have in common?

• the author is entertaining

• they are unbiased

• the events go in a specific order

• they are biased