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What is Text Structure?
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Text structure is the way an author organizes their writing. It helps readers understand what the author is saying. Common text structures include description sequence cause and effect compare and contrast.
Text Structure
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DESCRIPTION Nonfiction writers use the description text structure to explain a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing characteristics and examples. CAUSE AND EFFECT Cause and effect is a type of text structure that writers use to describe an event or several events (the cause) and the event or events that follow, or result (the effect). COMPARE AND CONTRAST Nonfiction writers use the compare and contrast text structure to show how two or more things are alike or different.
Types of Text Structure
4. Poll
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What type of text structure do you prefer when reading a text or article?
- Chronological
- Compare and Contrast
- Cause and Effect
- Description
5. Poll
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Name That Text Structure: A story about panthers is organized into four sections, each section describing a different characteristic of a panther.
- Compare and Contrast
- Description
- Cause and Effect
- Sequence
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Name That Text Structure: An author addresses the diminishing panther population by explaining the reasons for the decline, and offering suggestions for improving the species’ survival rate.
- Compare and Contrast
- Description
- Cause and Effect
- Problem and Solution
7. Poll
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Name That Text Structure: An author writes an article about the evolutionary history of the Florida panther and organizes significant historical events based on the corresponding year each occurred.
- Compare and Contrast
- Sequence
- Cause and Effect
- Problem and Solution
8. Poll
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Name That Text Structure: An author explains how to distinguish a panther from a bobcat by providing characteristics shared by each, and emphasizing their distinctive features.
- Compare and Contrast
- Sequence
- Cause and Effect
- Problem and Solution
9. Poll
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Name That Text Structure: An article explains the effects of increasing construction on the habitats of endangered species.
- Compare and Contrast
- Sequence
- Cause and Effect
- Problem and Solution
10. Open question
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How does an author use text features to help the reader understand the meaning of a text?
11. Open question
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When reading a text, what clues can you look for to identify the text structure?
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