Text Structure
This text structure tells events in the order they happened and often uses words like first, next, and finally.
Chronological Order
This type of sentence has one subject and one predicate and expresses a complete thought.
Simple Sentence
This is the main idea or big message the author wants you to understand about a topic.
Main Idea
When you don’t know a word, you can often look at the words around it to figure out its meaning. What strategy is this?
Context clues
The time and place where a story happens is called this.
This text structure explains why something happened and what happened as a result. Signal words include because, since, and as a result.
Cause and Effect
This type of sentence contains two simple sentences joined by a conjunction like and, but, or so.
Compound Sentence
These are facts, examples, or details that help explain and support the main idea.
Supporting Details
A word in a sentence is gigantic. You know “giant” means very big. Using this clue, what does gigantic most likely mean?
very large or huge
This is the lesson or message the author wants readers to learn from the story.
theme
This text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different. Signal words include both, however, and on the other hand.
Compare and Contrast
This sentence type has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Complex Sentence
This text feature helps readers find specific topics quickly and usually includes page numbers.
Table of Contents
Some words have a prefix that changes their meaning. If un- is added to the word happy, what does unhappy mean?
not happy
When a narrator is outside the story and tells about the characters using words like he, she, or they, this is called this point of view.
third-person point of view
In this text structure, the author describes a problem and then explains one or more possible solutions.
Problem and Solution
Identify the type of sentence:
Although it was raining, we went outside to play.
Complex Sentence
When reading informational text, this means using clues from the text and what you already know to figure something out that the author does not state directly.
Making an inference
You come across the word exhausted in a sentence: “After running the marathon, Mia was completely exhausted.” Using the context, what does exhausted most likely mean?
very tired
A story begins with rising action, builds to the most exciting part, and then moves toward a solution. The most exciting turning point in the story is called this.
climax
An article explains how volcanoes form, describes the damage they cause, compares two famous eruptions, and then gives ways scientists monitor them today. This article uses more than one type of this.
Text Structures
Identify the type of sentence:
I wanted to finish my homework, but my friend called while I was eating dinner.
Compound-complex sentence
An author writes about the benefits of recycling and only includes positive examples and expert opinions supporting recycling. This shows the author’s ___ toward the topic.
Point of View
You read: “The hiker carefully navigated the precipice along the mountain trail.” Using context clues, what does precipice most likely mean?
steep cliff or edge
In a story, the main character begins selfish and refuses to help others. By the end of the story, the character learns to share and care about others. This change shows the character’s ___ over the course of the story.
development or change