Scientific and Technical Texts

A __________ text explains a Science Topic and includes lab reports and magazines. ~ i.e How Rocks Form

• Technical

• Scientific

• Persuasive

• Historical

A ____________ text explains detailed information about a specific subject. ~i.e how something works or how to do something. (recipes, manuals, how-to guides).

• Scientific

• Technical

• Persuasive

• Historical

True or False.

Text Structure is how a text is organized

• True

• False

This Text Structure identifies a problem and then tells how it was or could be solved.

• Sequence

• Whole-to-Part

• Problem Solution

• Spatial

This Text Structure uses steps in a process to explain how to do something or tell how something was done.

• Sequence

• Whole-to-Part

• Problem Solution

• Spatial

This Text Structure describes where things are. Uses location words such as top, bottom, front, back, north, west

• Sequence

• Whole-to-Part

• Problem Solution

• Spatial

In this Text Structure, the author states a topic sentence or general idea and then uses facts & details to describe aspects or smaller “parts” of that idea

• Sequence

• Whole-to-Part

• Problem Solution

• Spatial

Graphic Features are helpful because they present information in a persuasive way

• True

• False

The Graphic Feature that shows a picture or object that represents something that is difficult to see in real life is a...

• Diagram

• Model

• Table

• Graph

• Flowchart

This Graphic Feature uses arrows or connecting lines to show steps in a process or to show how things relate to one another.

• Diagram

• Model

• Table

• Graph

• Flowchart