Informational Text Structure Review

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What is text structure?

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The way the author set up the text so the reader can understand the topic.

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

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Compare/Contrast

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

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Problem and Solution

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An author uses this text structure to describe one thing or person's features or characteristics.

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Description

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Which text structure is defined as: Authors present information about events or steps in a process, in the order in which they take or have taken place.?

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Chronological/Sequence

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The following words are signals for what type of text structure: first, next, then, after that?

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Sequence

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What type of text structure do the words threat, resolve by, concern, challenge, prevent, and help signal?

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Problem & Solution

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The following words are signals for what type of text structure: due to, since, as a result, because of, and for this reason?

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Cause/Effect

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The following words are signals for what type of text structure: similarly, alike, unlike, although, and both?

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Compare/Contrast

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What text structure is this paragraph written in? The Mantis Shrimp is one of the fastest moving animals in the sea. It is also one of the most colorful. The Mantis shrimp can also see colors that humans are incapable of seeing.

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Description