Text Structures

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Title:

Text Structures

URL:

https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/ela/images/Text%20Structures.pdf

Content Source:

Other
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Type: Informational Material

Overview:

Text structures refer to the way authors organize information in text. Recognizing the underlying structure of texts can help students focus attention on key concepts and relationships, anticipate what is to come, and monitor their comprehension as they read.

This informational material will provide students and teachers with background knowledge related to these structures:

    • Narrative
    • Chronological, process, or sequence
    • Cause and effect
    • Problem/solution
    • Compare and contrast
    • Definition or description

This document provides a definition, graphic organizer, transition words, and guiding questions for each type of text structure.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 2
27. Identify the text structures within literary and informational texts, including cause and effect, problem and solution, and sequence of events.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
24. Identify the text structures within literary and informational texts.

a. Explain how the structures, including comparison and contrast, sequence of events, problem and solution, and cause and effect, contribute to the meaning of the text, using textual evidence.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
23. Evaluate how text features and structures contribute to the meaning of an informational text.

a. Identify and describe the structures within a text, including description, comparison and contrast, sequence, problem and solution, and cause and effect.

b. Interpret information from text features in both print and digital formats.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5
24. Determine and evaluate the effectiveness of digital and print text features and structures, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, and cause and effect.

a. Identify various text features used in diverse forms of text.

b. Compare and contrast the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information in multiple texts.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
2. Make inferences and draw logical conclusions from the content and structures of informational texts, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, claims and evidence, cause and effect, description, and sequencing.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
2. Evaluate how effectively an author uses structures of informational texts, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, and substantiated or unsubstantiated claims and evidence, to achieve a purpose.
Tags: cause and effect, chronological, comparison and contrast, description, informational text, literary text, narrative, problem and solution, sequence, text structure
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Author: Hannah Bradley