Text Structure, Features, and Techniques

If I were writing a long informational text with many different claims, I may split my text into different, specific:

• Anecdotes

• Text Structures

• Subheadings

• Pages

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This excerpt about scientist Nikola Tesla provides an example of which text technique?

• Example

• Description

• Cause + Effect

• Anecdote

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A student is writing a newspaper article about the forest fires that occur in California. The student establishes the fact that a few teenagers started the fires by lighting fireworks. Which text structure would be best to use to explain the outcomes?

• Anecdote

• Cause + Effect

• Compare + Contrast

• Chronological Order

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Which caption best explains the picture?

• Flood waters from Hurricane Florence swept North Carolina. The hurricane killed 50 and caused $22 billion in damages.

• Natural disasters could happen at anytime, at any place

• The hurricane killed 50 and caused $22 billion in damages.

• It was a quite autumn day when it all started.

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Which of the following statements is most correct?

• Text techniques are how the author orders the text, text structure is how the author adds his or her own style.

• Text features help the reader understand chronological order, comparisons and contrasts, description, and more.

• Authors craft the text with things like subheadings, captions, images, and glossaries.

• Text structure is how the author orders the text, text techniques is how the author adds his or her own style.

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