Text Structure Lesson

How the author organizes the text is....

• the text structure

• the theme

• the problem

Presents information in time order.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological order

Which text structure includes signal words:

• cause and effect

• description

• problem and solution

Which text structure includes signal words:

• Comparison

• Description

• Sequence

What does text structure mean?

• information in the text

• the way the author organizes information in the text

• the way the author presents the information in the text.

• how the text is typed up.

Authors use different text structures to ______________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add pictures to their writing

What text structure would a Venn Diagram go with?

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem & Solution

Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order.

• first, next, finally, 8:30, after

• cause, effect, as a result of, because

• compare, contrast, similar, different

Choose the clue words that indicate compare and contrast.

• therefore, cause, effect, consequently

• later, then, next, Monday

• similar, different, common, on the other hand

Choose the clue words that indicate cause and effect.

• next, after, then, first, last

• struggle, promise, problem, solution

• consequently, as a result of, so, therefore