Text Structure STAAR Test Prep

A statement that is true and can be proven

• cause

• reason

• fact

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

What a person believes or thinks about something

• effect

• fact

• opinion

• lesson

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

How the author organizes the information in the text

• summary

• text structure

• main idea

• text features

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

This type of text structure includes something that is wrong or needs to be fixed and a way to fix the problem.

• cause and effect

• chronological

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

This type of text structure includes something that happened and the reasons why it happened.

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• description

• fact and opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

This type of text structure includes events in the order in which they happened.

• problem and solution

• chronological/sequence

• fact and opinion

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

This type of text structure includes adjectives or gives a lot of detail about a person, place, situation, or topic.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• description

• chronological

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

This type of text structure includes a comparison of how two or more people or things are alike and different.

• compare and contrast

• description

• fact and opinion

• problem and solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

The most important idea from the text

• details

• facts

• solution or resolution

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

The facts or text evidence used to support the main idea

• headings

• supporting details

• opinions

• text features

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1