Text structure refers to how the information within a written text is organized.

This strategy
helps students understand that a text might present a main idea and details; a cause and then
its effects; and/or different views of a topic.

Text Structure Definition/Example Organizer

This type of text structure features a detailed
description of something to give the reader a mental Descriptive
picture. Pattern[pdf]
Description
EXAMPLE: A book may tell all about whales or describe Describing Qualities
what the geography is like in a particular region.
This structure presents the causal relationship between
Cause-Effect
an specific event, idea, or concept and the events,
Pattern[pdf]
ideas, or concept that follow.
Cause and Effect
Process/Cause and
EXAMPLE: Weather patterns could be described that
Effect
explain why a big snowstorm occurred.
This type of text examines the similarities and
differences between two or more people, events,
concepts, ideas, etc.
Comparison/Contras Comparison/Contrast
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EXAMPLE: A book about ancient Greece may explain
how the Spartan women were different from the
Athenian women.
This text structure gives readers a chronological of
events or a list of steps in a procedure. Sequence Pattern[pdf]
Order/Sequence
EXAMPLE: A book about the American revolution might Chronological
list the events leading to the war. In another book, Sequence
steps involved in harvesting blue crabs might be told.
This type of structure sets up a problem or problems,
explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of
the solution. Problem-Solution
Problem-Solution
Organizer
EXAMPLE: Click here to view an example of Problem-
Solution text structure

NARRATIVE TEXT - The definition, purposes, generic structures andexample of Narrative text

A. The definition of narrative text

Narrative text is a story with complication or problematic events and it tries to find the resolutions to
solve the problems. An important part of narrative text is the narrative mode, the set of methods used
to communicate the narrative through a process narration.

B. The purpose of narrative text

The Purpose of Narrative Text is to amuse or to entertain the reader with a story.