Text structure booklet Name:________________________
Requirements: Make a booklet similar to the one above.
Each page of your booklet will include a definition of the term, signal words, a PARAGRAPH example with signal words highlighted, and a MAIN IDEA
sentence. You can use your old worksheets to find example paragraphs. You can cut and paste these paragraphs into your book.
Terms to Define: Text Structure: chronological, cause and effect, sequence/order of importance, spatial/ descriptive, problem and solution, and cause and effect.
The first section CHRONOLOGICAL has been completed for you. You can put this in your book.
Definition: events occur at a specific time and are organized in order of time. Stories are told chronologically.
Signal Words: First, Then, Finally, dates
Example: Carl Terrell Mitchell, better known by his stage name Twista, was born in 1972. Nineteen years later Mitchell's first album,
"Runnin' Off at da Mouth," debuted. In 1997, after appearing on a hit song, Twistawas signed to Atlantic Records. Under that label he
released "Adrenaline Rush" and formed the group Speedknot Mobstaz in 1998. His 2004 album Kamikaze went to number-one on the U.S.
Billboard 200 album chart.
MAIN IDEA SENTENCE: The main idea of this passage is to give the CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER the life of
the music artist Twista.
CHRONOLOGICAL
Definition
Signal Words:
Example Paragraph:
MAIN IDEA SENTENCE: The main idea of this passage is
cause and effect
Definition
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Example Paragraph:
MAIN IDEA SENTENCE: The main idea of this passage is
sequence/order of importance
Definition
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MAIN IDEA SENTENCE: The main idea of this passage is
Problem solution
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Example Paragraph:
MAIN IDEA SENTENCE: The main idea of this passage is
Spatial descriptive