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text structure
different types of text structure
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER | Tells how things happen in time order from beginning to end. |
| WHAT IS TEXT STRUCTURE | Text structure is how the text is built or set up. |
| COMPARISON AND CONTRAST | Used to show similarities and differences between people, things, ideas |
| CAUSE AND EFFECT | When an author wants to explain how one event leads to another. Cause and effect explains how or why things happened – what caused them. |
| PROBLEM AND SOLUTION | This is when an author states a problem and then offers solutions or ways to fix that problem. |
| CONCEPT AND DEFINITION | This text structure names a thing or idea (a concept) and then tells you what it means and/or gives an example of it (definition). |
| MAIN IDEA/DETAILS (ALSO CALLED DESCRIPTION) | gives detail to explain it or describe it using examples. |
| Words for CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER | First, second, third, last |
| WHAT IS AN EXTERNAL TEXT STRUCTURE | External text structures come in many forms, such as headings, bold or underlined words, indexes, glossaries, footnotes, etc. |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Lists the content that will be found in that book or section in order, usually with the page number on which it begins |
| HEADINGS AND SUBHEADINGS | tells you about the information that you will find underneath it. |
| BOLD, UNDERLINED OR ITALICIZED WORDS | Used to emphasize and show importance: |
| GRAPHICS, PICTURES, ILLUSTRATIONS | Used to provide a visual of something described within the text. |
| CAPTIONS | gives an explanation of what you are seeing. |
| SIDEBARS | gives you instruction or tells you where to find more information. |
| FOOTNOTES | definitions are given for words in the text. |
| INDEX | tells you on which page numbers you can find certain information. |
| GLOSSARY | A list of important vocabulary or terms found in the book along with their definitions. |