Informational Text Structures New TEKS

This text structure is used to tell us about a topic's characteristics and qualities. It paints a picture of the topic in our heads.

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This text structure is used to tell us how 2 or more items are alike and also different.

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This text structure is used to tell about something that happened and what made it happen.

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This text structure is used to explain the chronology of how something happened (dates) or the order in which you should do something (steps).

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This text structure is used to present a problem or dilemma and then tell us some possible ways of fixing the problem.

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Which text structure would USE these SIGNAL or KEY WORDS: as a result, since, then, due to

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Which text structure would USE these SIGNAL or KEY WORDS: like, similar, both, different, while

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Which text structure would USE these SIGNAL or KEY WORDS: before, after, first, second

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Which text structure would USE these SIGNAL or KEY WORDS: issue, dilemma, solved, solution

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The way or method an author/writer uses in order to organize and present information. How the author does this will depend on the purpose.

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• Graphic Organizers

• Text Structure