Nonfiction Text Structures Intro

What is text structure?

• The way an author introduces problems in a text.

• The way an author organizes information in a text

• The way an author creates style in a text.

Chronology text structure is-

• How are two things similar or different

• The events described in order

• Details about a topic

What can help you identify this text structure?

• Time words like, first, then, next, and finally.

• Looking for words that compare such as alike, unlike.

• Looking for words that show cause and effects like since and because.

A compare and contrast text structure is when-

• the text has details about a topic

• the text is ordered in chronological sequence

• the text compares two or more ideas

Compare step shows the ______, while the contrast step shows the_______.

• Similarities/Differences

• Differences/Similarities

Cause and effect text structure is -

• How one idea or event causes another

• The ideas or events in chronological order.

• The similarities and differences between two or more things.

In problem and solution text structure, the author...

• presents a problem and then the solution to the problem.

• sequences the events in chronological order.

• shows how two or more things are alike and different.

In description text structure the author is...

• comparing two or more things.

• providing information about a topic.

• organizing events in chronoligcal order.