Text Structures module 26

Match the different parts of a text with their functions:

• Introduction

• The central part of the paper where the author produces evidence and information.

• Body

• The end of the text where the author summarizes the information in the text.

• Title & Subtitle

• The first paragraph where the author states the main idea of the text and introduces the reader to the topic.

• Conclusion

• The heading a the top of the text that tells what it will be about.

If you started reading an article but did not finish it and only got to read the title, subtitle and introduction, what information would you probably know?

• What the article is about and what the main idea is.

• All of the evidence and information of the article.

• A summary of all of the events in the article.

• Everything about the whole article so you don't have to read anymore.

When you summarize a text, will your summary be longer or shorter than the original text?

• It will be longer because you need more details to help people understand.

• It will be shorter because you are only stating the main ideas and most important details.

• It will be the same length as the original text.

What does summarize mean?

• Re-stating everything in a text word for word

• Writing the main ideas of a text in your own words.

• Looking at the title and subtitle of a text before you read it.

The body of an article contains...

• What the article will be about

• evidence, details and information that supports the main idea

• The main idea

You read this part of the article first to figure out what the article will be about.

• Title and Subtitle

• Conclusion

• Body

When does the author usually state the main idea of an article?

Read the article title and subtitle below:

"Little Dynamite: How orphaned elephants survive in the wild."

What will this article most likely be about?

• How elephants hunt together

• How elephants are social animals

• How elephants have very long memories

• How elephants that have lost their parents stay alive in the wild.

The body of an article will contain the evidence and details that support the main idea of the article. True or False?

• True

• False

The introduction is where the author re-states the main idea and summarizes the article. True or False?

• True

• False