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What would the author's purpose of a description text be?
What might you be looking for in a description text?
Details and adjectives
I do my chores each Saturday. First, I fold the laundry and put it away. Then I sweep and mop the kitchen floor. After that, I empty all the garbage cans and the recycling. Finally, when all of my chores are finished, I can go outside to play.
What is the text structure of this text?
Sequence
A timeline is an example of which type of text structure?
Sequence
What is another word for a problem in a text?
What is another word for a solution in at text?
Conflict
Resolution
What keywords might you find in a sequence text?
First, next, then, last, finally, after, second
Did you know that not all deserts are hot? Both hot and cold deserts are very dry, but unlike hot deserts, cold deserts have long winters when the temperatures can reach below freezing. Cold deserts also get a great deal of snow, which is certainly not true for hot deserts.
What is the text structure of this text?
A) Description
B) Problem and Solution
C) Cause and Effect
D) Sequence
E) Compare and Contrast
e) Compare and Contrast
What is the text structure of every fiction text?
Plot or Plot line
Tell me what a cause is and what an effect is. Then give me at least one example of cause and effect.
Cause- what happens
Effect- what happens because of the cause
Examples will vary.
What keywords might you find in a nonfiction text that compares and contrasts?
Same, similar, alike, unlike, difference, different, both
Most people know that Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, but did you know that Mercury also orbits the sun faster than any other planet? At a speed of 31 miles per second, Mercury completes an orbit every 88 days. That means that a year on Mercury is less than three Earth months long!
What is the text structure of this text?
A) Description
B) Sequence
C) Problem and Solution
D) Cause and Effect
E) Compare and Contrast
A) Description
Which type of text would you use a Venn diagram with?
compare and contrast
Describe what it means if a text compares and contrasts.
Compare- look at how things are similar
Contrast- look at how things are different
What keywords would you find in a problem and solution nonfiction text?
Solve, resolve, fix, conflict
Spending too much time in the sun can lead to sunburn, dehydration, and even skin cancer. One way to help prevent those things from happening is to make sure that you wear sunscreen whenever you are outside. It is a good idea to avoid being outside during the hottest part of the day, between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm.
What is the text structure of this text?
A) Description
B) Sequence
C) Cause and Effect
D) Problem and Solution
E) Compare and Contrast
D) Problem and Solution
What are the 5 parts of a plot line?
Introduction
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Describe what a sequence is, then give me one example.
A sequence includes events in order of how they happen. (step by step)
Examples will vary.
What keywords would you find in a cause and effect nonfiction text?
Because, as a result
Today more people are connected to the internet than ever before, not only at home, but also on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Many of these people now get their news from the internet rather than reading newspapers. As a consequence, many newspapers have gone out of business.
What is the text structure of the text?
A) Description
B) Sequence
C) Cause and Effect
D) Problem and Solution
E) Compare and Contrast
C) Cause and effect
Name the 6 types of text structures.
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Sequence
Description
Problem and Solution
Plot