Text Structures

What is a text structure?

• the reason why the author wrote an article.

• the way the author organizes information in the text

• a Venn diagram

• information in the text

This text structure explains "how are things in the text similar or different."

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• Description

• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

Choose the box with the correct signal words for sequence.

• first, next, now, then, last, before, after

• text structure, first, sequence

• because, since, if/then

• before/after, because, text

Which signal words might be found in a text written in description?

• For instance

• 
• specifically

• solution

• Such as

What is the text structure?

Arizona is home to one of the world's greatest natural wonders, the Grand Canyon. About 5 million people visit Grand Canyon National Park each year. The Grand Canyon formed over 3 to 6 million years ago by the rushing waters of the Colorado River. Even more, it reaches about one mile deep!

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• Description

• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

What is it called when the author uses text that describes an issue and offers one or more solutions?

• Problem & Solution

• Sequence

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

Which text structure might use words like SIMILAR, DIFFERENT, BOTH, ALIKE, ON THE OTHER HAND, COMMON

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• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

What is the text structure?

A moon is a natural satellite of a planet. There is only one moon which orbits Earth. Unlike us, there are other planets in our solar system which have multiple moons. Mars has two moons, named Phobos and Deimos. On one hand, Earth has 1 moon. On the other hand, Jupiter has a whopping total of 67 moons.

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• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Description

• Cause & Effect

What does sequence mean?

• tells the order in which events occur or steps in the process

• how you do something

• when something happens

• the result of something happening

What is the text structure?

Are you ever excited to put on a program just added to Netflix? Yet, as soon as you select the streaming title, you begin to see a slow buffering percentage tick across the screen. No, not again! The error message indicates it doesn't detect an internet connection. One solution to troubleshoot, is to check your router & reset it. Hopefully, that does the trick!

• Cause & effect

• Compare and contrast

• Description

• Problem and solution

• Sequence