Internal Text Structures (I.T.S.)

What does the prefix in- mean?

• Under

• Inside

• Outside

• Exit

True or False: INTERNAL text structure is how the the text is organized.

• True

• False

Choose the type of INTERNAL text structure that involves a relationship between two or more events in which one event brings about another.

• Chronological/Sequential Order

• Problem/Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Graphic Organizers

Recipes, memoirs, autobiographies, and timeline are usually in which type of internal text structure?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequential

• Description

• Generalization

Which of the following set of key words helps you identify when a text has the compare and contrast text structure?

• different from, on the other hand, alike, in common

• most, many, generally

• red, green, purple

• first, second, finally

One of the biggest problems that dinosaur scientists, or Paleontologists, have is that they do not really know a lot about dinosaurs. They can only learn about dinosaurs from their bones because they lived so long ago. One way that they can learn more about dinosaurs is to find as many fossils as they can.

This paragraph has which kind of internal text structure?

• Problem and Solution

• Generalization

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

What is the text structure of the two paragraphs below?

The diaphragm almost always works perfectly. When you inhale, it pulls down to help pull air into the lungs. As a result of exhaling, the diaphragm relaxes and air flows out of the lungs back out through the nose and mouth.

But sometimes the diaphragm becomes irritated. When this happens, it pulls down in a jerky way, which makes you suck air into your throat suddenly. Consequently, the rushing air hits your voice box. This results in your vocal cords closing suddenly, and you're left with a big hiccup.

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Generalization

• Problem and Solution

What are some keywords that help you figure out the internal text structure?

The diaphragm almost always works perfectly. When you inhale, it pulls down to help pull air into the lungs. As a result of exhaling, the diaphragm relaxes and air flows out of the lungs back out through the nose and mouth.

But sometimes the diaphragm becomes irritated. When this happens, it pulls down in a jerky way, which makes you suck air into your throat suddenly. Consequently, the rushing air hits your voice box. This results in your vocal cords closing suddenly, and you're left with a big hiccup.

• almost always; diaphragm

• as a result; consequently

• vocal cords; big hiccup

• closing suddenly; left with

Which of the following are key words that you might find in a generalization style paragraph?

• sometimes, occasionally

• similar to, different from

• because, as a result, due to

• Most, many, generally, sometimes

One of the biggest problems that dinosaur scientists, or Paleontologists, have is that they do not really know a lot about dinosaurs. They can only learn about dinosaurs from their bones because they lived so long ago. One way that they can learn more about dinosaurs is to find as many fossils as they can.

What key words help you identify the text structure of this paragraph? Select all that apply.

• problems

• one way

• dinosaurs

• paleontologist