Text Structures & Text Features

To argue a point of view

To describe a setting in detail

To list facts and statistics

To show the sequence of events

Listing all the presidents of the United States in order

Explaining why dinosaurs went extinct

Comparing two different types of ecosystems

Describing the process of photosynthesis

A detailed description of an event

A specific example to support a fact

A broad statement that applies to many cases

A step-by-step procedure

Index

Glossary

Table of contents

Captions

To provide synonyms for difficult words

To add personal thoughts and connections to the text

To list references and sources

To highlight the main ideas

Cause and effect

Problem and solution

Compare and contrast

Sequencing

Their names

Their physical appearances

Their actions and motivations

The number of lines they have

It clarifies the story's setting.

It helps the reader predict what will happen next.

It makes the characters more interesting.

It provides evidence for the author's argument.

It helps to understand the cause and effect relationships between events.

It provides a list of dates for memorization.

It makes the text easier to summarize.

It shows which events were most important.

Description

How to Sequence

Cause Effect

Problem Solution