Understanding Text Structures

What does the sequence text structure help to identify?

• Differences and similarities between concepts

• The order in which events occur

• Solutions to a given problem

• Reasons behind an event and its outcomes

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Which text structure uses signal words like 'first', 'then', and 'now'?

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

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What does the center of the Venn diagram represent in compare and contrast?

• Solutions

• Similarities

• Differences

• Problems

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What is the purpose of the cause-and-effect structure?

• To describe a concept in detail

• To list events in order

• To compare different elements

• To explain why something happened and its result

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What kind of details does the description text structure provide?

• Information about a person, place, or thing

• Comparisons and contrasts

• Sequential steps

• Causes and effects

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What does 'analyze' mean in the context of text structures?

• To list in order

• To draw conclusions

• To compare

• To describe

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How does understanding text structures improve reading comprehension?

• By learning new vocabulary

• By increasing reading speed

• By identifying the main idea more easily

• By memorizing the content

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Chronological order/ Sequential order means...

• ideas are presented in the order they happened

• the part of the story which follows the climax or turning point.

• a conversation between characters set off by quotation marks.

• when a portion of the story goes back in time.

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Text structure is how information in a passage is ________________.

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Every morning, I wake up at about 7:00 AM. The first thing I do is make my bed and pick out the clothes I’m going to wear. Then, I brush my teeth and take a shower. After my shower, I dry my hair and get dressed.

• description

• compare & contrast

• sequence

• problem & solution

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