Text Type & Text Structures Resource Page F our Text Types T he four text types list four general reasons why authors write. Identifying the text type of a passage helps the reader set the purpose for reading and alerts the reader to the organization of the piece. • Entertains • Tells a story • Character(s), setting, problem, resolution Narrative • Facts/ information • Text features (headings, bold words, charts, graphs, captions) Expository • Information to perform a task • Steps Technical • Author tries to convince reader to take a certain opinion or perform a certain action Persuasive F ive Text Structures T ext structures are organizational patterns found within the text types. An author often chooses one main text structure for a piece but may incorporate several of the text structures throughout the piece. Sequence • Steps • Speciﬁc order 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Problem and Solution • Problem, which is solved Problem Solution Event Event Event Compare and Contrast • Comparing how things are the same/ different Description • Details Cause and Effect • Something causes something else to happen 29 Balanced Literacy • Second Grade • Skidmore & Graber Kagan Publishing • 1 (800) 933-2667 • www.KaganOnline.com

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Text Type & Text Structures Resource Page

F our Text Types

The four text types list four general reasons why authors write. Identifying the text type of a passage helps the reader set the purpose for reading and alerts the reader to the organization of the piece.

• Entertains

• Tells a story

• Character(s), setting, problem, resolution

Narrative• Facts/

information

• Text features (headings, bold words, charts, graphs, captions)

Expository• Information to

perform a task

• Steps

Technical• Author tries

to convince reader to take a certain opinion or perform a certain action

Persuasive

F ive Text Structures

Text structures are organizational patterns found within the text types. An author often chooses one main text structure for a piece but may incorporate several of the text structures throughout the piece.

Sequence

• Steps• Specific order

Problem and Solution

• Problem, which is solved

Problem

Solution

Event

Compare and Contrast

• Comparing how things are the same/different

Description

• Details

Cause and Effect