Text Structures and Features

Text Structures - READ

100

Every spring, shortly after the tulips bloom, farmers in Holland go through the tulip fields and cut the blooms off the tulips. This seems strange, because it leaves a field full of green stems. However, it makes the colorful tulip blooms grow back even bigger and stronger later that spring. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .

cause and effect

200

We know climate change is happening, and we know that it is caused by our actions.

The Earth's atmosphere is warming, faster than it probably ever has. In some cases weather patterns, climates and natural environments are changing quicker than wildlife or people can adapt.

So many of the world's biggest challenges, from poverty to wildlife extinction, are made more difficult by climate change. And things will get worse if we do nothing. But we can do something about it.

We have the knowledge and the technology to reduce our impact on the climate, and ease the pressures on the world's most vulnerable places, people and wildlife. We just need to make it happen.

problem solution

300

The music was blasting so loud, Marco thought his ears would burst. The stage was filled with bright blue laser beams and a shower of yellow and green paper streamers. All around him, the crowd was singing and dancing wildly. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .

description

400

Willow Creek is very different from New York City. There are no tall skyscrapers in Willow Creek. All you can see are fields and sky. Instead of taxicab horns and fire truck sirens, it is so quiet at night that you can hear the crickets chirping. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .

compare contrast

500

To surprise her mother on her birthday, Samantha got up early and make coffee. First, she filled the pot with water. Then she cleaned and replaced the filter. Next, she got fresh coffee, measured just the right amount, and poured it into the filter. Finally, she pressed the "on" button and within seconds, the aroma of the fresh-brewed coffee filled the house. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .

chronological/sequential

Text Structures - Definition

100

the author talks about a topic, person, place, or thing by listing characteristics, examples, or features

description

200

the author explains how one thing affects another

cause and effect

300

the author states an issue and offers one or more possible solutions

problem solution

400

the author explains how two or more things are alike and how they are different

compare contrast

500

The author tells you something in order of occurrence

chronological/sequential

Text Feature Definitions

100

writing under a photograph to explain

caption

200

image showing the parts of an object or living thing

diagram

300

brightened color on words

highlight

400

Darkened words to show importance

bold words

500

list of words at the end of a text showing their definitions

glossary

Text Feature Pictures

100

diagram

200

bulleted list

300

photograph

400

table of contents

500

illustration

Random

100

Key words: for example, characteristics

Which text structure would this be?

description

200

Key words: come together, solve, issue

Which text structure is this?

problem solution

300

Key words: as a result, after

Which text structure is this?

cause and effect

400

Key words: similarly, on the other hand,

Which text structure is this?

compare contrast

500

Key words: first, after, last

Which text structure is this?

chronological/sequential