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Text Structures

The document outlines essential learning purposes related to text structures, emphasizing the identification and application of various informational text structures in academic writing. It details seven main text structures: Definition, Description, Recount of Sequence, Cause and Effect, Problem-Solution, Comparison and Contrast, and Enumeration, along with their signal words and characteristics. The document concludes with an assignment to create a paragraph about these text structures.

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Text Structures

The document outlines essential learning purposes related to text structures, emphasizing the identification and application of various informational text structures in academic writing. It details seven main text structures: Definition, Description, Recount of Sequence, Cause and Effect, Problem-Solution, Comparison and Contrast, and Enumeration, along with their signal words and characteristics. The document concludes with an assignment to create a paragraph about these text structures.

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GOODHOLY!

WHAT IS LOVE?
CAN YOU
DESCRIBE YOUR
CRUSH?
WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LOVE
AND LIKE?
CAN YOU TELL
ME YOUR SKIN
CARE ROUTINE?
ENUMERATE THE
COLORS OF THE
RAINBOW
TEXT
STRUCTURES
ESSENTIAL LEARNING
PURPOSES
At the end of these lessons, I am expected
to:
A. Identify the dominant text structures in
sample academic texts;
M. Communicate language features in texts
across disciplines
T. Apply text structure in writing academic and
professional texts ;
TEXT STRUCTURES
The term “text structure” refers
to how information is
organized in a passage. The
structure of a text can change
many times in a work and even
within a paragraph.
THE SEVEN MAIN INFORMATIONAL
TEXT STRUCTURES
 Definition
 Description
 Recount of sequence
 Cause and Effect
 Problem-Solution
 Comparison and Contrast
 Enumeration
DEFINITION
Explains the nature of
something .

Signal words: is/are, for example, can be, is defined as,


means; words refer to composition such as contains, make
up, involves; words that suggests likeness such as: appears
to be, refers to; and general words that refer to a class or
genus, such as a form of (exercise), a branch of
(engineering), a type of (worship), a kind of (ship), etc.
DESCRIPTION

Describe something.
• Tell you why something is being
described
• Tell you why the described topic is
important
• Provide examples of the described
topic(s)
• Descriptive texts are everywhere—in
novels, works of literary nonfiction, news
articles, science textbooks—which
makes sense because the entire point of
RECOUNT OF SEQUENCE
A chronological narration of a
historical period.

Signal Words: first, second, now before, after,


then, finally, while, meanwhile, during, and other
time and duration describing the steps in a process or
procedure.
A flow chart may also be used to show
the sequence of events or actions;
arrows are important to show the linear
flow.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
A cause-effect text presents
reasons why a situation is
obtained.

Signal Words: so, so that, as a result, consequently, explanation for,


thus, and accordingly (effect). due to, as a result of, because of,
and cause of (cause)
Cause and effect can be visually represented this
way:
PROBLEM-SOLUTION
A problem-solution texts starts off with a
negative situation (a problem) and ends
with a positive situation (a solution).

Signal Words: the problem/dilemma is, if/then, so that, solves,


an answer to, and addresses the problem of.
Visually a problem-solution text can be
represented in various ways; the number of
boxes may be adjusted to fit the number of
problems and solutions presented in the
material.
COMPARISON AND
CONTRAST
–In comparison and contrast
text, similarities and differences
are presented.
VENN DIAGRAM
ENUMERATION
An enumeration is a listing as in a list of
parts, of characteristics, of examples, etc.

Signal words: first, second, in addition, next, then,


another, finally, and also.
LET’S TRY IT!!!!!
Create a 1 paragraph
essay about the 7
Informational Text
Structures (35 pts)

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