Reading STAAR Academic Words- 3rd

how the information in a text is organized

• poetry

• theme

• text structure

• section

the message or life lesson in the story

• subheading

• section

• poet

• theme

what each section is about

• subheading

• section

• theme

• text structure

the person who writes the poem

• section

• poet

• subheading

• theme

the part of the story

• poet

• theme

• section

• text structure

what the selection is mainly about

• subheading

• poet

• central idea

• section

text structure that describes a problem and gives one or more solutions

• cause and effect

• theme

• chronological order

• problem and solution

text structure that explains a topic by giving examples and describing characteristics

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• problem and solution

• description

text structure that tells about events in time order

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• problem and solution

• description

text structure that tells about an event that causes another event

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• problem and solution

• description