Information Text Structures

Why does the author include subtitles?

• Organize the article into sections

• tells you the theme of the story

• explain details of the pictures

• Give you information about the entire text

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CCSS.RI.1.5

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Why does the author include diagrams?

• to explain how something works

• give information about the entire text

• give more information about the photos

• give information about each section of the text

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Why does the author include timelines?

• helps readers understand the photos

• helps readers understand the time in which events happen

• helps readers visualize the text

• helps readers understand what the text is about

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Text structure is how information in a passage is ________________.

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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.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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The organizational patter chosen to convey the central ideas of an informational text, such as cause & effect, compare & contrast, chronological order, etc.

(a)  

• Text Structure

• Narrative Style

• Word Choice

• Argumentation

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CCSS.RI.4.5

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I'm so excited to learn about the four changes the FDA has made to nutritional labels! What organizational pattern have they used to tell me about them?

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Enumeration

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CCSS.RI.4.5

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CCSS.RI.8.5

What are the six common patterns of text structure?

• Compare & Contrast

  Chronological

  Listing

  Cause & Effect

  Dynamic

  Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

  Dynamic

  Description

  Listing

  Cause & Effect

  Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

  Chronological

  Description

  Listing

  Cause & Effect

  Problem & Solution

  Description

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CCSS.RI.8.5

This text structure points out things that are alike and different.

• Compare & Contrast

• Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Description

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

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CCSS.RI.8.5

All of the following are signal words for which pattern of text structure?

• Description

• Listing

• Compare & Contrast

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CCSS.RI.4.5

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5