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Text Structures

GRADE: 9
DATE: MAY 13-17, 2024
SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TEACHER: MRS. NERIAN SMITH-NEMBHARD
What is comprehension

THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH A SITUATION OR FACTS.


FOR COMPREHENSION TO TAKE PLACE, ONE HAS TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE AND
INTERPRET THE MATERIALS OR SPOKEN WORDS.
The inability to understand
what you read.

Factors that
Hinder The inability to remember what
you read.
Comprehension
The inability to associate
background knowledge with
new knowledge.
What is a text Structure

Text structure is the term used to speak about the


way in which authors organize information
within a text.
Types of Text structures
Description

Order/sequence

Compare/contrast

Cause/effect

Problem/solution
Cause/effect
This structure presents the causal relationship between a specific event, idea, or
concept and the events, ideas, or concept that follow.

A tornado blew the roof off the house, and as a result, the family had to find another
place to live.
There are certain words that authors use in a text to
Signal words indicate that they are using the cause/effect text structure.

for cause/effect These signal words include:

text structure  Because

 Caused

 As a result

 Resulted

 Due to

 since
Diagram
Effects

temperature

Cause
Effects

Sickness germs

Effects
Problem/Solution

This type of structure sets up a problem or problems,


explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of
the solution.
Signal words for problem/solution text structure
There are a few signal words
that can be used to indicate
when the author uses the Problem Problematic
problem/solution text
structure.

Propose Issue remedy

Solution answer
.
Diagram
solution
birth control
Problemoblem

Teenage pregnancy
solution
abstinence

solution
Description It is used to give information about the main
idea by talking about its description, physical
appearance, characteristics, origin and other
information.
There are certain words that writers use to indicate
Signal Words for that they are using the description text structure.
Description For example
Another
For instance
Such as
Is a characteristics of
Description Text Structure

A car is a land Cars come in


Cars can be
transportation. different colours
manual or
such as red, white,
automatic.
blue and green.

Description (car)

Cars have a Cars have an


cooler system. engine system.
Sequence
 The sequence text structure outlines the information in an
order so the readers can follow the sequence as they read.
With this text structure, the writer lays out the steps in a
process, series of events or hierarchy. This text structure
covers a few purposes:

 Sequential instructions (step 1, step 2, step 3; do this,


then do that, and finally do this.

 Chronological events ( this happened, then that


happened.)

 Arguments that use evidence to support claim (presenting


evidences from the least to the most convincing.
Compare and Contrast

 This text structure involves a comparison involving multiple things, revealing


how they are similar and how they are different
Signal Words for
Compare and Contrast
 However
 Yet
 Nevertheless
 On the other hand
 But
 Whereas
 Similarly
 although
Acronym
 D- description
C -cause/effect
 C- compare and contrast
O -order/sequence
 P -problem/solution
The End

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