Text Structures
This is a structure in which two nouns are compared and contrasted.
Compare and contrast
Identify any adjectives:
The cold wind blew in a historic snowstorm.
cold, historic
Identify the verb(s):
The wolf ran across the sand.
Ran
aquire
acquire
You have missed a lot/alot of school this year.
a lot
This is a structure in which a problem is presented, and the author offers a solution
Identify any adjectives:
During the lengthy show, I was a bored man.
lengthy bored
Identify the verb(s):
The dog barked at the man.
barked
probly
probably
Everything is going to be alright/all right.
alright
This structure consists of a timeline of events
Sequence or chronological
Identify any adjectives:
The little black dog barked at the well-dressed stranger.
little, black, well-dressed
He appears happy.
athelete
This work is alright/all right.
all right
In this type of text structure, an author tells about what happens after a certain event takes place.
Cause and effect
Identify any adjectives:
Dan's new hat blew down the man's stairway.
Suddenly someone sneezed loudly.
sneezed
aweful
awful
I need to lie/lay down.
Lie
In this text structure, and author tells about what something looks like, sounds like, etc.
Description
Identify any adjectives:
Stormy spring weather can cause many flash floods.
Stormy, spring, many flash
You have been resting too much.
Have been resting
Acheive
Achieve
After death, the body was laid/lain to rest.
laid