Text Structures
Text Features
More Text Structures
More Text Features
Graphic Organizers
100
This text structure provides the steps of a process in order
What is Sequence
100
This feature provides a main idea and also may divide the text into sections
What is a Title/Subtitle
100
An article that explains that gorillas and humans have similar genes, but different abilities, would likely be this text structure
What is Compare & Contrast
100
An author may use these to draw attention to the importance of certain words
What is bold, highlighted or italicized text
100

What graphic organizer would likely be used to compare and contrast two or more ideas?

A Venn Diagram / Double Bubble Map 

200
This text structure might have the signal words: effect, as a result, because, consequently
What is Cause & Effect
200

This is a blurb that has words in it in which the character is speaking

Speech Bubble 

200
A website that lists winter diseases and answers from doctors on how to prevent them would likely be this text structure
What is Problem & Solution
200

This is often in the margin(off to the side), in color, and provides extra information to emphasize important details or spark more interest

What is a text box / side bar 

200
This step by step graphic organizer is used with what type of passage structure?
Sequence
300
This text structure might have the signal words: alike, as opposed to, different, in common
What is Compare & Contrast
300
An illustration or picture can be further explained by this
What is Caption
300
A book that lists the events/reasons that led to the start of WWI would likely be this text structure
What is Cause & Effect
300

This will provide the reader with additional information about what is being described in the text and will help the reader to visualize the concept

What is a Photograph/Illustration

300
This type of graphic organizer is used to organize a main idea and all of the supporting details
What is a bubble/circle web for description
400
This text structure might have the signal words: this morning, meanwhile, soon after, later...
What is Chronological
400

This is at the beginning of a non-fiction text and will tell you the pages in which to find the specific sub-sections (chapters) within the book

Table of Contents 

400
A website that tells about the beauty and layout of the Grand Canyon would likely be this text structure
What is Description
400
If you were looking for a specific, narrowed topic and did not know on which page to look you would look here
What is an Index
400
This graphic organizer will provide the conflict and possible ways to solve it for this text structure
Problem and Solution
500
This text structure may use words like: above, across, behind, beside
What is Description
500
This will provide concepts in alphabetical order at the back of a text, and the pages in which to locate them
What is an Index
500
Steps of a science experiment listed in the order in which they should be performed would likely be this text structure
What is Sequence
500
Provide two examples of visual aids that may be used to illustrate an idea given in a paragraph or section of a textbook
What is map, table, timeline, diagram or chart
500

This type of graphic organizer is used when dealing with chronology(dates) within text

What is a timeline (sequence) 

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