text structures Flashcards
1
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- describe a topic or thought
- gives the reader a mental picture of what the text is about
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Desription
2
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- identifies a problem
- details a solution to a problem
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Problem and solution
3
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Gives readers a chronilogical order of events or a list of steps in a procedure
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Sequence
4
Q
A cause is something that produces an event or idea
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Cause and effect
5
Q
Examines the simiarities and differences between two or among people , events, concpts, and thoughts
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Compare and contrast
6
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An effect is what results from and event or idea
- determines how various phenomena relate in terms of origins and results
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Cause and effect
7
Q
- what does it look like?
- how does it work?
- what does it do?
- what is important to remember about it?
- what specific topic, person, idea, ir thing being described?
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Description - Signal questions
8
Q
- for instance
- it appears
- for example
- to illustrate
- it shows
- most importantly
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Description - Signal wordds
9
Q
- what is the problem?
- why is this a problem?
- is anything being done in solving the problem?
- what can be done to solve the problem?
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Problem and solution - Signal questions
10
Q
- question is
- dilemma is
- to solve this
- one answer is
- reccomendations include
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Problem and solution - Signal words
11
Q
- what items, events, or steps are listed?
- do they have to happen in this order?
- do they always happen in this order?
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Sequence - Signal questions
12
Q
- first
- next
- then
- before
- finally
- not long after
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Sequence - Signal words
13
Q
- what happend?
- why did it happen?
- what caused it to happen?
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Cause and effect - Signal questions
14
Q
- since
- therefore
- if… then…
- as a result
- due to effect of
- for this reason
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Cause and effect - Signal words
15
Q
- what things are being compared?
- in what ways are they alike?
- in what ways are they different?
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Compare and contrast - Signal questions
