Text Structures
Explains why something happens & then explains what happens as a result
Cause & Effect
The most important point the writer makes
Main idea
Visual information presented to help readers locate information and understand informational text
Short vowel sound in cat and hand
/æ/
A group of letters you put in front of a word to make a new word
Prefix
Shows how two people, places, events, or things are a like and different
Comparison
They support the main idea
Key details
Tell you the top of the text. They appear at the top of a text
Titles
Short vowel sound in net and bed
/ɛ/
A group of letters put at the end of a word to make a new word
Suffix
Presents an issue or complication and then explains the fix or an explanation
Problem & Solution
Conclusions that you draw from the text using details from the text and what you already know. Requires detective work.
Inference
Tell key ideas in each section
Vowel sound in make and name
/ā/
Without
-less
Explains events or steps in order
Chronological or Sequential
Important idea that is woven throughout a story. It links a big idea about our world with the action of a text.
Theme
Short pieces of boxed text that help explain the main text and provide more information
Sidebars
Vowel sound in five and bite
/ī/
Not
-un
Provides details about a topic by answering who, what, when, where, why and how questions
Description
A brief description of the key elements in a text. Simple retelling
Summary
Provide information about an image. Can appear below or above an image or other graphic
Caption
Vowel sound in boat and toast
/ō/
inter-
between