Text Structure 1
This text structure tells you how two or more things are similar and different.
What is compare and contrast?
Which text structure is this?
Coral reefs are dying because ocean temperatures are rising due to climate change. Scientists are working to solve this issue by creating marine protected areas where fishing is limited and reducing pollution.
What is problem and solution?
What the text is mostly about is known as the ____________________.
What is the main idea?
BONUS 100pts.: What always comes, but never arrives, and once it's here, it's gone?
The definition of this word is able to be moved from place to place.
What is portable?
This is used to tell what can be viewed in an image.
What is a caption?
This text structure tells you what happened and the result of what happened.
What is cause and effect?
Which text structure is this?
A coral reef is one of the most amazing ecosystems on Earth. It is home to thousands of colorful fish, sea turtles, and other marine creatures.
What is description?
DAILY DOUBLE: What is the definition of the term caution?
What is care taken to avoid danger?
This word means to remember something.
What is memorize?
DAILY DOUBLE: The slanted words in a text are called __________.
What is italics?
This text structure usually has steps to follow.
What is sequence?
Which text structure is this?
While both hard corals and soft corals are found in ocean reefs, they have important differences. Hard corals have rigid skeletons, but soft corals are flexible. However, both types of corals depend on algae to survive.
What is compare and contrast?
It is what you learn from a story.
What is the lesson or theme?
DAILY DOUBLE: Unlike my parents, who love classical music, I detest it. What does the the word detest mean?
Intense dislike or extreme hate.
Using these is an excellent way to organize the text into different sections.
What are subheadings?
This text structure is used to give you facts and information about a certain topic.
What is description?
Which text structure is this?
Coral reefs develop through a series of stages over many years. First, tiny coral larvae settle on rocks or the ocean floor. Next, they attach themselves and begin to grow. Then, they form colonies. Finally, these colonies develop into full coral reefs.
What is chronological/sequence?
A type of nonfiction that tells about a person's life.
What is a biography?
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 is context clues?
A feature that provides the meanings of important words?
What is a glossary?
This text structure tells you about an issue and how the issue is solved.
What is problem and solution?
Which text structure is this?
When ocean water becomes too warm, corals experience stress, which causes them to lose their vibrant colors and die. As a result, fish populations decline, and the entire marine food chain is disrupted.
What is cause and effect?
What punctuation mark is used to show that someone is speaking?
What are quotation marks?
This word means the course or direction you take to get somewhere.
What is a route?
This is used to show that words in a text are important.
What is bold print?