1. Text Structures and Features
Lydia Jin

2. Text Structures

3. Description
Describes the subject or main thing. Ex. “The lake was absolutely beautiful! The shining crystal, clear water gleamed in the sun. The water was rapidly hitting the surrounding objects and drops were splashing onto everyone’s face. It was a magnificent sight.” The paragraph was describing the subject (the lake). You can usually tell if it’s descriptive if it has lots of adjectives or adverbs because they describe the subject or main thing that is happening. In the passage it had adjectives like crystal clear, and rapidly.

4. Chronological order
Chronological order is when the writer tries to teach the reader something in a specific order. For example something called “how to make a cake” would probably be chronological order because it is trying to teach to reader how to do something (in this case cake) in a specific order. Chronological order can also be found in stories. Ex. Making a power point is super easy. First, get on your computer and go to an icon that is orange and has a P on the top right corner. Then, you will see two boxes. On the one on the top you write the title of your power point and on the bottom you name. After that, type in whatever you want to. Finally, you are ready to put in pictures and a background and et cetera. you can insert both pictures from your computer or online. You would usually know if it’s I chronological order if it has transition words. Transition words are words such as First,Then,After that, and finally.

5. Problem and solution
Problem and solution is just what it sounds like there is a problem and a solution in the text. A solution only has to be mentioned in the text so it would still count even though the solution didn’t happen or has been in effect yet but it still can be in effect. Ex. Have you ever heard that there was a drought in California? It still rains and water comes out of the facet so how is it a drought, you ask? Well, a drought doesn’t mean that it stopped raining or that there is no available water. A drought just means that there is a low amount of water. Maybe thousands of square kilometers doesn’t seem like little but a water supply adequate for a million might not be for 5 million. That is how the drought in California started. We all know that California has a large population so the only way to save water is to be cautious in using it. Try taking a short shower and not long baths and try skipping bottled water ,too . Remember that the Earth has only a limited supply of water so we have to conserve it.

6. Opinion
Opinion is the opposite of fact. Opinion is not proven correct or incorrect. It is what you or other people think. Ex. I think blue is the best color because (reason 1,2,3)

7. Cause and effect
Cause and effect has a cause and effect which can be both positive and negative. Ex. Hurricane Matthew was a level 2 or 3 hurricane that hit Mostly Florida, Savannah, and South Carolina. It caused floods and the dirty water got into peoples houses. It did not make the people there happy.