Text Structures
This structure can help form a picture in the reader's mind using specific information about a topic
Description
The reason an author writes
Author's Purpose
The sentence at the beginning that tells you what a paragraph is going to be about
Topic Sentence
The main heading of an article
Title
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Comma
First, Second, Third
Soon, Then, Next
Group of people the author is writing to
Audience
The last paragraph in an essay
Conclusion
These are used to break up an article into different sections
Subheadings
FANBOYS
This structure is used to address an issue and then provide the audience with a way to fix that issue
Problem/Solution
Author's purpose used to provide enjoyment or amusement to the reader
Entertain
Main Idea
The key information the author wants you to understand
Caption
A tool that is used to capture notes, organize ideas while reading, and to plan writing
Graphic Organizer
This structure shows how one event makes another event happen
Cause/Effect
Author's purpose that is trying to convince someone to do something or to change their minds
Persuade
An SCR consists of this type of paragraph
RACE
Visual that shows an important topic or idea from the text
Picture/Illustration
Evidence pulled from an article and used word for word in an essay
Direct Quote
The graphic organizer for this text structure is usually a Venn Diagram
Compare/Contrast
Author's purpose used to provide readers with details of an event or topic
Inform
A word or phrase that is used to help the author jump from one idea to the next
Transition
Main bodies of the text that include topic information
Paragraphs
Giving a non-human object human characteristics
Personification