Descriptive Text Structure

What text structure did we learn about today?

• Compare and Contrast

• Descriptive / Description

• Sequence

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Descriptive / Descriptive text structures describe something.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Descriptive / Descriptive text structures tell us about facts, the history of something, or what something might look like, sound like, taste like, and so on.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Dogs are a pet found in many people's houses. There are different breeds of dogs. Some of them are small, weighing only a few pounds, and some of them are huge, weighing over a hundred pounds!

Is this an example of a descriptive text structure?

• No

• Yes

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Which of the following does descriptive text do?

• Compares two things
• States a problem and how it is solved
• Tells an order of events
• describes a topic

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Clues to look for when deciding if a text is using descriptive text structure is

• examples
• order of events
• comparisons
• similarities and differences

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Which one of these phrases from the passage is describes a coconut's appearance?

• tropical

• from Asia

• shades of brown

• is called copra

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which phrases describe the location of coconuts?

• is a tropical fruit

• on the inside, there is a watery liquid

• taller

• in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Central America, and South America

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5