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Text Structures
Text Structures and Summarizing
Term | Definition |
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Problem and Solution | The author gives evidence of a problem and one or more ways to solve it. |
Descriptive | The author tells the characteristics of a topic. |
Proposition and Support | The author states a main idea or claim and gives details or evidence to support that idea or claim. |
Chronological/ Sequential | The author relates a sequence of events or steps in a process. |
Cause and Effect | The author explains the reason something is happening and what happened as a result |
Compare and Contrast | The author explains how two things or ideas are the same or different. |
Summaries introduce the text by giving the ________________ in the first sentence. | title, author, and page numbers |
The first sentence of an summary should include the ____________ of the text. | main idea |
Summaries should include the most important _____________. | details |
Summaries should not include _______________ details. | less important |
The last sentence of a summary is the ______________ that restates the main idea in a new way. | conclusion |
Summaries take different forms based on the ___________ _____________. | text structure |
First, Second, Next, Then, Finally | transitions to use for Chronological/Sequential writing |
The first reason; The second reason; The last reason | transitions to use for Proposition and Support writing |
As a result; Consequently; Because of this | transitions to use for Cause and Effect writing |
The text states; The author explains | phrases to start sentences with evidence from the text |