What is Text Structure

​This is when you look at a story or narrative and determine how it is organized or structured.

What is Text Structure

​This is when you look at a story or narrative and determine how it is organized or structured.

There are generally six ways a story can be organized:

What is Text Structure

​This is when you look at a story or narrative and determine how it is organized or structured.

There are generally six ways a story can be organized:

1. Description

2. Chronological

3. Sequence

4. Cause and Effect

5. Problem and Solution

6. Compare and Contrast​

​Description

​This sort of text describes something.

Example: A book may tell all about whales or describe what the geography is like in a particular region.

​Chronological Order

This text structure gives readers a chronological of events

Example: A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war.

​Chronological Order

This text structure gives readers a chronological of events

Example: A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war.

Sequence

This sort of Tex lists steps in a procedure.

Example: A book listing the steps involved in harvesting blue crabs.

​Chronological Order

This text structure gives readers a chronological of events

Example: A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war.

Sequence

This sort of text lists steps in a procedure.

Example: A book listing the steps involved in harvesting blue crabs.

​Cause and Effect

This structure will identify how one things causes something else to happen.

Example: A text could explain how technology has helped increase student scores.

Problem and Solution

This structure will identify a problem and give a solution to fix that problem.

Example: A text could identify an old highway as dangerous and propose to rebuild it as a solution.

Compare and Contrast

This type of text examines the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, concepts, ideas, etc.

Example: A book about ancient Greece may explain how the Spartan women were different from the Athenian women.