Text Structure

A writer may often look at two or more things and decide how they are alike and how they maybe different.

Clue words to look for:

Same, Unlike, Similarly, While, Both

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological Order/Sequence

• Problem & 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

§In another type of text, a writer provides lots of details about a specific topic. This type of text will explain what something looks like, where it is or where it lives, its size, what it eats, or other important information about the topic.

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Chronological Order/Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When we read a text we may see that the writer is informing us about an important issue that needs to be addressed.

In this type of text a writer may include valid reasons why we need to look at the issue and present a way or several was to resolve the issue he wrote about.

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order/Sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Writers often organize writing in a way that shows how events happened in order or took place during a specific time period.

In this type of text you will see:

First, Next, Then, Finally, Dates (1972), After, Months of the year, Seasons, Time of day (morning, night)

• Chronological order/Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Suppose a writer told about an event that occurred and discussed why that event took place.

Key words that give clues about this type of text might include:

This, Since, As a result, Because of, Therefore, Due to

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order/Sequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5