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•An important feature of

academic writing

•A well- structured text


enables the reader to follow
the argument and navigate
•Text structures (WDPI, 2012)
refer to the way authors
organize information in text.

• Recognizing the underlying


structure of texts can help
students focus attention on key
concepts and relationships,
anticipate what is to come, and
2 Common text Structures of
academic text

•Three- part essay


structure

•IMRaD
IMRad Structure
I- Introduction
M- Methods
R- Results
D- Discussion
Introduction
- depicts the background of the
topic and the central focus of the
study.

Methods
- a data collection method,
research instrument employed
Results and
Discussion

- states the brief


summary of the key
findings or the result of
the study.
Three- Part of Essay Structure
Introduction

Body

Conclusion
Introduction
Body
• It may elaborate directly on the topic
sentence by giving definitions,
classifications, explanations,
contrasts, examples, and evidence.

• Considered as the “heart” of the


essay

• Largest part of the essay.


Conclusion
•Briefly summarizing the
main scope or structure of
the paper.

•Evaluation and implication of


the importance of the topic
Types Text Structure
CHRONOLOGICA
L

- Non-fiction SEQUENCE
passages that /PROCESS
are organized
chronologicall - This method
y often of organizing
contains text is
dates. generally
used for
instructions
or directions,
but it can
also be used
to explain
- Writers often
asked to
identify
problems
associated
with a
situation
- convince
people to care
about the
problem and
suggest
possible ways
to solve or
alleviate the
problem
Why is Text Structure
Important?
Organize
information
and details Make
they are Summarize
connections
learning in the
between
their minds important
while reading.
the details
details
being
shared in a
presented
text
in a text

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