Text Structure Definitions
Characteristics of Text Structures
Examples of Text Structures
Determining Text Structures
Text Features
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explains how things happen in order
What is chronological
100
uses time words like first, then, later, next, finally
What is chronological
100
structure of biographies
What is chonological
100

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were both on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Both believed in equality for Black people. However, they argued their shared goal in very different ways.

What is compare and contrast

100

Used in an article to show the reader where things/places are located

What is a map

200
explains the similarities and differences between two things
What is compare and contrast
200
uses words like cause, effect, affect, as a result, and consequently
What is cause and effect
200

structure of an article explaining the results of pollution

What is cause and effect

200

In 1941, Japan decided to attack the US soon after the embargo began. Japan wanted to force the US to surrender quickly. The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the US into World War II, and the Axis countries were defeated four years later.

What is chronological

200
A picture that labels the parts of an object
What is a diagram
300

explains how one thing is the result of another

What is cause and effect

300
uses words like different, alike, similar, in contrast
What is compare and contrast
300
the structure of an essay on several types of government
What is compare and contrast
300
People learn to read in two different ways. Some people learn to read by using phonics. Phonics teaches people to sound out words as they read. Other people learn to read by using the whole language method. They learn to read by listening to others read and by writing out their thoughts so that they learn how sentences are put together.
What is compare and contrast
300
Information under a photograph that tells more information about that photograph
What is caption
400

gives information about how to make a bad situation better

What is problem and solution

400
Uses words like for examples, such as, to illustrate
What is description
400

The structure of a news article that explains an issue and suggests a way to solve it

What is problem and solution

400

The story of my life so far is not a very long one. I was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1990. When I was five, I started kindergarten. In 1997 my twin sisters, Abby and Amanda, were born. Now I’m 12 years old, and I’m a student at Roosevelt Middle School in Meridian, Mississippi.

What is chronological

400
Shows a visual representation of numbers
What is a chart or graph
500

This type of text structure gives many details and facts about a topic

What is Description

500
includes clue words such as, the problem is, to solve this
What is problem and solution
500

Structure of an essay that gives all the facts about the food pyramid

What is description

500
The "Fall of Rome" happened after many years of trouble in the Roman Empire. Many Roman citizens were poor because of the high taxes they paid. The Roman army became disorganized. It could not keep the empire safe from invasions. People cared less and less about their country and did not perform their civic duties.
What is cause and effect
500
Located at the beginning of a book, tells what page each chapter begins on
What is a table of contents
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