Text Structure English 7 & 8.

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Text Structure English 7 & 8

Text Structure “Text structure” is the term for how an author organizes information. Authors use different text structures to achieve different purposes, and one piece of writing often has multiple text structures.

Description or List Includes details to help you picture or get to know a person, a place, a thing, or an idea

Cause and Effect Explains why something happened (cause) and what happened as a result (effect)

Problem and Solution Presents a problem and explains how it is solved

Compare and Contrast Presents the similarities and/or differences between two items, such as a pair of events, time periods, ideas, or places

Sequence and Events Describes events in the order in which they happen (also called chronological order)

Sequence and Events