Nonfiction Text Structures

What are text structures?

• Buildings with words written on them

• How the author organizes the information in their writing

• The title of a piece of writing

• The paragraphs in a piece of writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

Why are text structures important?

• Help us to understand how buildings are built

• Help us to read the information in the text faster

• Help us to comprehend/understand the information in a text better

• Help us to know more about the author

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

A text structure is used in...

• Nonfiction writing

• Fiction writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

The Sequence/Chronological Text Structure...

• puts the events in the story in order from earliest event to the newest event

• describes a person, place, or thing in detail

• tells what happened and why it happened

• explains the solution(s) to the problem in the text

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.3C

Problem/Solution Text Structure...

• describes a person, place, or thing in detail

• puts the events in order from earliest to newest

• explains the solution(s) to the problem in the text

• explains the similarities and differences between two things

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

Cause and Effect Text Structure...

• explains the solution(s) to the problem in a text

• tells what happened and why it happened

• explains the similarities and differences between two things

• describes a person, place, or thing in detail

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.W.6.2A

Compare and Contrast Text Structure...

• puts the events in order from earliest to newest

• describes a person, place, or thing in detail

• explains the solution(s) to the problem in the text

• explains the similarities and differences between two things

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.9B

Cause and Effect and Problem and Solution are the same text structure.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B