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EAPP PPT 3 - Common Text Structures

This document discusses common text structures used in writing, including narrative, chronological/process/sequence, cause and effect, problem-solution, compare and contrast, definition/description. Recognizing text structures helps students focus on key concepts and relationships, anticipate what comes next, and monitor comprehension. It improves comprehension and retention by helping readers organize information, make connections between details, and summarize important points.

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EAPP PPT 3 - Common Text Structures

This document discusses common text structures used in writing, including narrative, chronological/process/sequence, cause and effect, problem-solution, compare and contrast, definition/description. Recognizing text structures helps students focus on key concepts and relationships, anticipate what comes next, and monitor comprehension. It improves comprehension and retention by helping readers organize information, make connections between details, and summarize important points.

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Common Text

Structures
Prepared by: Mariella B. Miaga
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 monitor their
comprehension as they read.
● Text Structure
● Definition
● Graphic Organizer
● Transitions/ Signal Words
● Questions
Narrative
DEFINITION
Narrates an event/story with
characters, setting, conflict, point
of view, and plot
TRANSITIONS/SIGNAL WORDS
Descriptive language
(adjectives, adverbs, similes,
and metaphors)
QUESTIONS
● Who is the narrative about?
● Where is it set?
● What is the conflict?
● Who is telling the narrative?
● What is happening?
Chronological,
Process, or
Sequence
DEFINITION
Present ideas or events in the
order in which they happen
TRANSITIONS/SIGNAL WORDS
● First, second, third… ● After
● Later ● When
● Next
● Before ● Since
● Then ● Now/ previously
● Finally ● Actual use of dates
QUESTIONS
● What items, events, or steps are listed?
● Do they have to/ always happen in this order?
● What sequence of events is being described?
● What are the major incidents that occur?
● How is this structure revealed in the text?
Cause and Effect
DEFINITION
Provide explanations or reasons
for phenomena
TRANSITIONS/SIGNAL WORDS
● If/then
● reasons why ● consequently
● as a result ● since
● Therefore ● so that
● because ● for due to
QUESTIONS
● What happened?
● Why did it happen?
● What caused it to happen?
Problem-Solution
DEFINITION
Identify problems and pose
solutions
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
TRANSITIONS/SIGNAL WORDS
● problem is ● so that
● dilemma is ● question/ answer
● if/then ● puzzle
● because
QUESTIONS
● What is the problem?
● Why is this a problem?
● Is anything being done to try to solve the
problem?
● What can be done to solve the problem?
Compare and
Contrast
DEFINITION
Discuss two ideas, events, or
phenomena, showing how they are
different and how they are similar
TRANSITIONS/SIGNAL WORDS
● However/yet
● although
● Nevertheless
● also/likewise
● on the other
● in contrast/ comparison
hand
● different - either/or - in
● but/ whereas
the same way/ just as
● similarly
QUESTIONS
● What items are being compared?
● In what ways are they similar? Different?
● What conclusion does the author reach about
these items?
Definition or
Description
DEFINITION
Describes a topic by listing
characteristics, features,
attributes, and examples
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
TRANSITIONS/SIGNAL WORDS
● for example ● such as
● characteristics ● including
● for instance ● to illustrate
QUESTIONS
● What are the most important
characteristics?
● how is it being described (what does it look
like, how does it work, etc.)?
● What is important to remember about it?
Why is text
structure
important?
The readers can significantly
improve their comprehension and
retention of information when
they can identify and recognize
the text structure of a text.
It can also help them:
1. Organize information and
details they are learning in their
minds while reading.
It can also help them:
2. Make connections between the
details being presented in a text
It can also help them:
3. Summarize the important
details shared in a text

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