What are "text structure and purpose" questions?

The question will then ask you to identify...

The main purpose
or
overall structure of the text.

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How should we think about text structure and purpose questions?

Instead of just what a text says, these questions dig into why and how the text says it.

Is it purpose or is it structure?

• to explain ______

• to illustrate ______

• to criticize ______

• to argue ______

• to introduce ______

What does it look like?

Purpose is the why behind the passage. Why did the author write it? What did they want to accomplish? What’s the point?

What is it?

Purpose

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