Text Structure

Text Structure Review

By Ivonne Morales

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What is Text Structure

​This is when you look at a story or narrative and determine how it is organized or structured.

What is Text Structure

​This is when you look at a story or narrative and determine how it is organized or structured.

There are generally six ways a story can be organized:

What is Text Structure

​This is when you look at a story or narrative and determine how it is organized or structured.

There are generally six ways a story can be organized:

1. Description

2. Chronological

3. Sequence

4. Cause and Effect

5. Problem and Solution

6. Compare and Contrast​

​Description

​This sort of text describes something.

Example: A book may tell all about whales or describe what the geography is like in a particular region.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered a descriptive text (description)?

• Text explaining a Colorado law.

• Text explaining the difference between cats and dogs.

• Text outlining the events that took place between 1800 and 1820s.

• Text identifying fires as a problem and suggesting to restrict camp fires.

​Chronological Order

This text structure gives readers a chronological of events

Example: A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war.

​Chronological Order

This text structure gives readers a chronological of events

Example: A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war.

Sequence

This sort of Tex lists steps in a procedure.

Example: A book listing the steps involved in harvesting blue crabs.

​Chronological Order

This text structure gives readers a chronological of events

Example: A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war.

Sequence

This sort of text lists steps in a procedure.

Example: A book listing the steps involved in harvesting blue crabs.

Organizes the text based on time or dates.

Organizes the text based on steps.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered to be a chronological order text?

• Text instructing how to bake brownies.

• Text explaining the difference between cats and dogs.

• Text outlining the events that took place between 1800 and 1820s.

• Text identifying fires as a problem and suggesting to restrict camp fires.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered to be a sequence?

• Text instructing how to bake brownies.

• Text explaining the difference between cats and dogs.

• Text outlining the events that took place between 1800 and 1820s.

• Text identifying fires as a problem and suggesting to restrict camp fires.

​Cause and Effect

This structure will identify how one things causes something else to happen.

Example: A text could explain how technology has helped increase student scores.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered to be cause and effect?

• Text instructing how to bake brownies.

• Text describing how after school programs have helped decrease youth delinquency (trouble).

• Text outlining the events that took place between 1800 and 1820s.

• Text identifying fires as a problem and suggesting to restrict camp fires.

Problem and Solution

This structure will identify a problem and give a solution to fix that problem.

Example: A text could identify an old highway as dangerous and propose to rebuild it as a solution.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered to be a problem and solution text?

• Text instructing how to bake brownies.

• Text describing how after school programs have helped decrease youth delinquency (trouble).

• Text outlining the events that took place between 1800 and 1820s.

• Text identifying fires as a problem and suggesting to restrict camp fires.

Compare and Contrast

This type of text examines the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, concepts, ideas, etc.

Example: A book about ancient Greece may explain how the Spartan women were different from the Athenian women.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered to be compare and contrast?

• Text explaining a Colorado law.

• Text explaining the difference between cats and dogs.

• Text outlining the events that took place between 1800 and 1820s.

• Text identifying fires as a problem and suggesting to restrict camp fires.