Text Structures
Text Features
More Text Structures
More Text Features
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This text structure might have the signal words: affect, as a result, solution, solve
What is Problem and Solution
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A life skill that we use when we combine what we know  (our schema) and what the author tells (text evidence) us to make an educated decision.

What is making an Inference

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An article that explains that gorillas and humans have similar genes, but different abilities would likely be this text structure
What is Compare & Contrast
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An author may use these to draw attention to certain words, may be slanted

What is italics

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This text structure might have the signal words: effect, as a result, because, consequently
What is Cause & Effect
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Words that are darker and thicker

What is bold print

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A website that lists winter diseases and answers from doctors on how to prevent them would likely be this text structure
What is Problem & Solution
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another name for topics and subtopics at the beginning of a textbook
What is table of contents
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This text structure might have the signal words: alike, as opposed to, different, in common
What is Compare & Contrast
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An illustration or picture can be further explain by this
What is caption
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A book that lists the events that led to the start of WWI would likely be this text structure
What is Cause & Effect
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Each word in this will be capitalized besides article like an, and, the (unless at the beginning).
The title
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This text structure might have the signal words: after, before, finally, first, last
What is Sequence
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Main idea of a section in your science book
What is heading
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A website that tells about the beauty and layout of the Grand Canyon would likely be this text structure
What is Description
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If you were looking for a specific topic and did not know on which page to look you would look here
What is an index
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This text structure may use words like: for example, characteristics of, for instance, for example

What is Description

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Smaller idea listed underneath a heading
What is subheading
500
Steps of a science experiment listed in the order they should be performed would likely be this text structure
What is Sequence
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What tells you important words and their definitions in alphabetical order

What is the glossary

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