Descriptive Text Structure

Is this passage written in descriptive text structure?

Dolphins are beautiful creatures that

have long bodies designed to help

them swim fast. They have two

flippers, a fin, and a tail. Their bodies

are a grayish-white and sometimes

they can have a few black stripes

across their body. They also have a

single blowhole on the top of their

head they use to breathe. Dolphins

can grow to be anywhere from 4 feet

to 30 feet in length.

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There are many people who think

dolphins and porpoises are the same

animal, but in fact, they are not! You

can tell them apart by a few features.

Dolphins have longer beaks as

porpoises have shorter beaks.

Dolphins also have cone shaped teeth

while porpoises have spade shaped

teeth. Both dolphins are similar in the

fact they they are very intelligent.

They also use sound waves to help

swim through the ocean!

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Descriptive text structure...

• talks about the similarities and differences between 2 topics

• gives the order in which something happens

• tells all about a topic and gives characteristics

• gives information about a problem and one or more solutions

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Rain, which is a type of precipitation,

happens in a cycle. The water that is

on the ground as puddles, rivers, lakes,

& oceans warms up from the sun and

evaporates into the air. It is now a gas.

All of those gasses in the air collect

together and when there’s enough of it,

it forms a cloud. The cloud gets

heavier and heavier as more rain

gasses are added. When the cloud is

too heave, the gasses fall to the ground

as rain. If its cold enough, the water

freezes on its way down and it turns

into snow.

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Look up in the sky! What do you

see? Clouds probably! Did you

know there are different types of

clouds! The cloud we all like to see

in the sky are called cumulus

clouds. These are white, puffy

clouds that look like pieces of

floating cotton. The base of each

cloud is flat and the top of each

cloud has rounded towers.

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Shoo fly, don’t bother me! How do you

know when a fly is nearby? It’s that

terrible buzzing sound! But why do

flies make that sound? The buzzing

noise is caused by the fly’s wings.

The flies flap their wings up and down

and the vibrations of their wings

against the wind creates a buzzing

noise. Sometimes the buzzing is a

high sound or a lower sound because

of how quickly the wings are flapping.

The faster the flap the higher pitched

the buzz.

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Did you know that spiders aren’t

actually insects at all? Insects have 6

legs but spiders have 8! Spiders also

have very unique body parts that

make them very special. They have

two body parts, the thorax in the front

and the abdomen in the back. On the

underside they have the spinnerets

which create the silk for their webs.

On the front of the spider’s thorax are

the mouth, fangs, and two smaller legs

called the ‘pedipalps’. They use these

to help catch prey.

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Does the author use descriptive text structure in the following passage?

Although many wildfires occur in

“wild” areas such as forests and hills,

they are called wildfires because they

are uncontrolled and can destroy

everything in their path. Depending

on how large a wildfire is, it can even

change a location’s weather. On

average, 1.2 million acres burn every

year because of wildfires.

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The common cold and the flu have a lot of similar

characteristics, but they are different illnesses

caused by different viruses. Even though many of

the symptoms, such as fever, tiredness, and a cough

are the same for a cold and the flu, symptoms of the

flu are usually much worse. When someone suffers

from a cold, they usually continue their daily lives,

going to work or school. However, the side effects of

the flu are so severe that people often stay home

from work or school. Colds usually cause a runny or

stuffy nose, where the flu is less likely to cause such

symptoms. The flu must be diagnosed with a special

test from your doctor’s office.

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True or False: Descriptive text structure uses clue words such as - like, one example, also, in addition, characteristics, are, is

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