Text Structure

What is text structure?

• How the author organizes the text

• How the text is written on the paper

• What the text looks like

• Text about building items

This type of writing considers similarities and differences.

• description

• compare & contrast

• chronological order

• cause & effect

In this type of writing, the reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to.

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• chronological order

• compare & contrast

In this type of writing the reader will find words/phrases such as a problem is, solve,or solution.

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• chronological order

• compare & contrast

Authors use different text structures to ______________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add pictures to their writing

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.

Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order.

• first, next, finally, 8:30, after

• cause, effect, as a result of, because

• problem, solution, promise, struggle

• compare, contrast, similar, different

The text structure of ______________ is text that tells what happened and why it happened.

• description

• chronological order

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

_{^{What text structure is the image portraying?}} 

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Description

What text structure would a Venn Diagram go with?

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare and Contrast