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| text structure / organizational pattern |
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the manner in which text
is written |
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information is simply listed - one idea or concept after another
(ideas may be numbered or denoted by bullets) |
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| chronologoical / sequential order |
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| when one thing is the result of another |
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the meaning or explanation of a word follows the
word itself
Ex. The teacher told Marty to embellish, to add extra details in order to make his narrative more interesting. |
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information is given in a step-by-step manner;
(like directions or a recipe) |
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| information is given in a basic narrative way; states that something is always true or never true |
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| the organizational pattern in writing in which a problematic situation is presented and then a means of fixing it is presented |
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| main heading / sub heading |
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the organizational techniques used in writing to present significant ideas in chunks and under each significant idea smaller chunks relating to
that main idea |
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| This organizational pattern or text structure is used in examining similarities and differences. |
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| pictures, graphs, charts,...images of any type used to enhance text |
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| when text introduces a question and then proceeds to provide the answers to those questions |
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information in text is organized relative to
space or location
(above, beside, near,
below, behind) |
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| text is organized in order from least important to most important or from most imortant to least important |
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