Text Structure 1
How information in a passage is organized.
What is Text Structure?
Some people confuse this with cause and effect.
What is problem and solution?
What are some key words for the compare and contrast text structure
similar, alike, different, than, both, on the other hand
This is used to organize the information from a text.
What is a graphic organizer
This text structure is made up of two words...Time & Order
What is Chronological?
This Text Structure usually has steps to follow.
What is Sequence?
The central idea in a story or text; what a text is mostly about.
What is the Main Idea?, central idea
DAILY DOUBLE: What is the definition of cause/effect text structure?
One event leads to another.
One event and the effects that are followed after.
What text structure would this be: When the students did not study the material, they performed poorly on the test.
What is cause & effect?
DAILY DOUBLE: She is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile?
DAILY DOUBLE: What are some keywords for the sequential order tezt structure
What is first, second, third, last
Identify the part of speech of the word butterfly.
What is a noun/ subject.
What are 3 types of figurative language?
Metaphor, simile, personification, etc.
This is an excellent way to organize material and provide the reader with a quick idea of the passage's main content.
What are subheadings?
What are some keywords that represent the problem and solution text structure?
So, because of, solve, issue, dilemma, lead, problem
In a sentence containing a new word or phrase, often the sentences before or after it can provide the reader with clues regarding the meaning of the word. This is an example of what?
What are context clues?
What text structure is this? Let's take a look at apples and oranges.
What is compare and contrast?
This is an effective speaking through the use of strong and fresh language and is known to sway an audience.
Persuasion/ Persuade
What punctuation mark is used when showing someone is speaking?
What is quotation marks?
This is a conclusion that the reader can make from the information provided in the text.
What is an inference?