Text Structure

Text provides descriptive details to visualize

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• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

List events in chronological order or steps in a procedure.

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• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

Similarities and differences of 2 things: people, places, things.

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• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

Text will have a problem, but will have one or more solutions

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• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

Uses clues like: adjectives, characteristics, and mental images.

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• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

Uses examples like: first, next, then, last.

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• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

Uses clues like: same/different, in contrast, similar, both/neither, on the other hand.

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• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

Uses clues like: cause, because, effect, as a result.

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• Sequence

• Cause and effect

• Problem and Solution

Which structure uses this graphic organizer?

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• Sequence

• Cause and effect

• Problem and Solution

Which structure uses this graphic organizer?

• Description

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution