Understanding Nonfiction Text Structures

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What is nonfiction text structure?

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How the author arranges the ideas and presents the relationships between ideas in a text

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What does description writing contain?

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Descriptive words that show and not tell; gives details and facts about a topic

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What is the main feature of problem and solution writing?

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It has an issue and its solution

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What is the purpose of compare/contrast writing?

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To explain how things are the same and different

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Which signal words are used for cause and effect writing? Options: Because, since, if/then, due to, as a result, for this reason, on account of, First, second, third, next, finally, before, after, then, Alike, unlike, different, the same, similarly, opposed to, Address, answer, question, challenge, solution

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Because, since, if/then, due to, as a result, for this reason, on account of

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Which type of writing is typically embedded in a larger work and tells a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person?

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Anecdote writing

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What is the main purpose of descriptive writing?

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To provide detailed information about a topic

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Which signal words are commonly used in compare and contrast writing?

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Similarly, likewise, in contrast, on the other hand

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What is the primary feature of sequence writing?

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It lists events or steps in a specific order

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What kind of writing would use this graphic organizer? Options: compare/contrast, description, sequence, cause/effect

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description