Text Structures

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Text Structure: Description

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Information is presented in sections that often begin with a central idea and are followed by an elaboration of the features, characteristics, or examples of the subject at hand.

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Text Structure: Problem and Solution

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Information is conveyed as an issue or a problem of concern and solution(s) are proposed or explained.

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Text Structure: Chronological

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Facts, events, or details are presented in the order in which they occurred in time.

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Text Structure: Compare and Contrast

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The similarities and/or differences of two or more people, things, concepts, or ideas are presented.

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Text Structure: Cause and Effect

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Information reflects a causal relationship. The description of what happened is the effect and the detail(s) related to why it happened is the cause.

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Text Structure: Sequence

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Information is presented as a series of instructions or steps in a process.