Text Structure, Central Idea, and Author's Purpose

A story written to bring the reader enjoyment

• entertains

• describes

• compares

• persuades

A text written to convince the reader to do or buy something

• informs

• persuades

• explains

• teaches

A text written to give the reader facts and information about a topic

• illustrates

• entertains

• retells

• informs

A text written about how two or more people or things are alike or different

• summarizes

• compares

• entertains

• teaches

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A statement that is true and can be proven

• cause

• reason

• fact

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

How the author organizes the information in the text

• summary

• text structure

• main idea

• text features

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

This type of text structure includes something that is wrong or needs to be fixed and a way to fix the problem.

• cause and effect

• chronological

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

This type of text structure includes something that happened and the reasons why it happened.

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• description

• fact and opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

This type of text structure includes events in the order in which they happened.

• problem and solution

• chronological

• fact and opinion

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

This type of text structure includes a comparison of how two or more people or things are alike and different.

• compare and contrast

• description

• fact and opinion

• problem and solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5