Text Structures

By the end of this unit… …define and indentify various text structures. …explain the use of particular text structures to illustrate author’s purpose. …analyze how text structures can be used to affect a literary selection.

Why Must a Writer Have a Clear Purpose When Writing

4 Purposes for Writing exposition persuasion description narration

6 Text Structures chronological / sequential order the order in which events occur in time author’s purpose is to narrate, explain a process, or show how events are related in time

6 Text Structures spatial order the arrangement of things in space used to describe the location of details according to their position

6 Text Stuctures cause and effect organization method that demonstrates that one event leads to another used in all types of writing to suit a variety of purposes

6 Text Structures order of importance organizing ideas according to their importance (most important to least or vice versa) often used in exposition, persuasion, and description

6 Text Structures comparison / contrast organizing info. based on similarities and/or differences used in all types of writing to suit a variety of purposes

6 Text Structures problem / solution the writer describes a problem and then describes a proposed solutions (or vice versa) related to cause and effect