Text Structure and Author's Purpose Refresher

Which type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

• Chronological
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution
• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which type of text structure answers the questions what happened and why?

• Chronological
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution
• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

• Chronological
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution
• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.9B

Why do we study non-fiction text structure?

• All stories have different characters and settings.
• Each passage is built differently in order to get its point across.
• An author writes a story in order to persuade the reader.
• We try to understand the lesson the author has learned.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.6

What type of structure gives step by step instructions?

• Sequence
• Compare & Contrast
• Description
• A ladder

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CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.3C

The Underground Railroad was a secret organization which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters. 

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

Judy Glen's amazing Wrinkle Remover cream will make you look younger in thirty days or less. This remarkable cream has special ingredients to make your wrinkles disappear. The cost for a thirty day supply is $ 25.99. Send your check to P.O.Box 00002, Shelton, CA 74836 

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.8

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin to Charles and Caroline Ingalls. She met and married Almanzo James Wilder in 1885. She published many books based on her travels to the west. Her writing became the basis for the " Little House" series She died in 1957.

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which could you use to Persuade somebody?

• A news article
•  A poem
• A cookbook
• An advertisement

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author writes
• the reason an author teaches
• author's sense of humor
• author's way of life. 

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6