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Text Structure

Ask yourself: o What is the author's purpose in writing this text? (P.I.E. = is it Persuasive, Informational, or Entertaining?) o How is it organized? o What comes first? What comes after? What comes at the end? o Does it follow a timeline? Does it indicate a problem-resolution-solution?

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Text Structure

Ask yourself: o What is the author's purpose in writing this text? (P.I.E. = is it Persuasive, Informational, or Entertaining?) o How is it organized? o What comes first? What comes after? What comes at the end? o Does it follow a timeline? Does it indicate a problem-resolution-solution?

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Skim, scan, and preview the text!

2.

Look at ALL the non-fiction text features!

3.

Ask yourself the following questions:


o What is the authors purpose in writing this text? (P.I.E. = Is it Persuasive,

Informational, or Entertaining?)
o What is the subject/topic?
o How is it organized?
o How are the chapters divided?
o What comes first? What comes after? What comes at the end?
o Does it follow a timeline? Does it follow a logical sequence? Does it

indicate a problem-resolution-solution? Is it a simple list of items? Is it a


comparison of two objects? Is there a cause and effect relationship?
Does it describe something with many details?
o What sort of language and vocabulary do you see?
o What kind of topic sentences do you see?
o What signal words do you see?
o What are the text features that will help you collect and understand the

information?

Jordan 2012

4.

Skim, scan, and preview the text!

5.

Look at ALL the non-fiction text features!

6.

Ask yourself the following questions:


o What is the authors purpose in writing this text? (P.I.E. = Is it Persuasive,

Informational, or Entertaining?)
o What is the subject/topic?
o How is it organized?
o How are the chapters divided?
o What comes first? What comes after? What comes at the end?
o Does it follow a timeline? Does it follow a logical sequence? Does it

indicate a problem-resolution-solution? Is it a simple list of items? Is it a


comparison of two objects? Is there a cause and effect relationship?
Does it describe something with many details?
o What sort of language and vocabulary do you see?
o What kind of topic sentences do you see?
o What signal words do you see?
o What are the text features that will help you collect and understand the

information?

Jordan 2012

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