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Text Structure and Purpose

Grade 6 · English Language Arts · Reading Informational Text · Ontario, Canada

Lesson Summary

Authors organize their writing using structures like cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution to achieve a specific purpose.

Explanation

Text structure is how an author arranges information. Common structures include chronological order (events in time sequence), cause and effect (what happened and why), compare and contrast (similarities and differences), problem and solution (a problem and how it is solved), and description (detailed information about a topic). Recognizing the structure helps you follow the author's reasoning and understand their purpose. The author's purpose might be to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain.

Practice Questions

Q1: An article first describes pollution in oceans and then explains what communities are doing to clean up. What text structure is this?
Answer: Problem and solution.
Q2: What are the three main purposes an author might have?
Answer: To inform, to persuade, or to entertain.
Q3: A passage explains how dogs and wolves are similar and different. What text structure is used?
Answer: Compare and contrast.
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