Text Structures
This text structure describes its topic and characteristics
This text feature is an image taken with a camera.
photograph
This part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea
adjective
This part of the sentence tells who or what the sentence is about
subject
The big idea of the text
main idea or central idea
This text structure explains events in time order or order of importance
Chronological Order or Sequence
This text feature is an image that is drawn
illustration
This part of speech describes an action word
adverb
This part of the sentence describes what is happening
predicate
the reason an author is writing a text
author's purpose
This text structure shows something wrong and how to correct it
Problem and Solution
This text feature explains an image with words near the image.
caption
This part of speech takes the place of a person, place, thing, or idea in a sentence
pronoun
This type of clause makes sense and is able to stand on its own
independent clause
this point of view uses words like I, me, or we
first person POV
This text structure describes how things are different and alike
Compare and Contrast
This text feature shows chapter or section breaks and is usually written in bold type
headings
This part of speech joins words or clauses together in a sentence
conjunction
This type of sentence is made of two independent clauses joined together by a semicolon (;) or a coordinating conjunction
compound sentence
persuade, inform, or entertain
Cause and Effect
This text feature tells what sources the author uses and usually appears at the very end of the text.
acknowledgements
This part of speech is used before a noun, pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, or direction in a sentence
preposition
This type of sentence is made of one independent clause, one dependent clause, and a subordinating conjunction
complex sentence
This is the way an author chooses to organize a text
text structure