Text Structure
Chronological?
First, second, third. Goes in order.
What is a distinction?
A difference
What does it mean to generate?
Create or produce
Relevant information is?
On topic
Caption
Writing with a picture or under a picture
Contains tons of descriptive words or is a list
What is a connection?
A similarity
What does Format mean?
Not on topic
Subhead
Smaller titles
Problem/ Solution?
Presents a problem and How to solve it
Placing things in a group based off characteristics
Categories or categorizing
What format are all 8th grade papers in?
MLA
The central idea is what two things?
The topic plus what the author wants you to know
Italicized text
Words that are slanted
Compare/Contrast
Presents the connections and distinctions between things
Analogy
comparison between two completely different things
Subjective is?
Opinion
Interpretation is?
Your personal explanation
Why would an author use questions?
To emphasize and organize more specific information
Can one text have multiple text structures?
Yes
What is a Comparison?
Both connections and distinctions.
Objective is?
Non- biased. Only the facts
The proper topic sentence for an objective summary is?
In "Title" author verb central idea.
In text citations are?
Cite right in the text. (Authors last name #)