Text Structure Authors Purpose Elements of Fiction What is Text Structure How information in a passage is organized We will REVIEW six common patterns Chronological Cause and Effect ID: 561919
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Literary Lemur Presents:Text StructureAuthor’s PurposeElements of FictionSlide2
What is Text Structure?How information in a passage is organized
We will
REVIEW
six
common patterns
:
Chronological
Cause and Effect
Compare and Contrast
Problem and Solution
Sequence / Process
Spatial / DescriptiveSlide3
ChronologicalInformation is organized in order of time.
Chrono = time
Logic
= order
Example
Jack and Jill ran
up the hill to fetch
a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown.
Jill came tumbling after.
ALL stories are told
chronologically
.Slide4
Cause and EffectAn action and its results are explained.
Students did not learn
the material.
They performed
poorly on the test.
Cause
Effect
Don’t confuse with
chronological
.
Won’t have a beginning, middle, and end.
Time won’t progress much.Slide5
Compare and ContrastTells how two things are similar and different.
Apples & Oranges
Alike
Different
1. Both are fruits.
2. Both have skin.
1. People don’t eat
orange skins.
2. Oranges have
more juice.Slide6
Require a licenseto buy spray paint.
Problem and Solution
A problem and answer are suggested.
Problem
Solution
Property is being
spray painted.
Don’t confuse with cause and effect.
It is
presented
as a PROBLEM.Slide7
4. Flip omelet.
3. Cook on
one side.
2. Add cheese.
Sequence/Step by Step
Information is listed
step-by-step.
Explains how to do
it
or how
it
happens.
1. Crack a
few eggs.
Don’t confuse with chronological!
Does not occur at a specific
time
.Slide8
A closet by the TV
A bed in the middle.
A television across from the bed.
Two windows on the west Wall
Spatial/Descriptive Writing
Describes
something in order of space.
Describes how something looks.
TIME DOESN’T PASS in these passages.
My bedroomSlide9
What is Author’s Purpose?
Reasons for Writing
To
Entertain
To
Inform
To
PersuadeEvery
text serves one of these purposes.Slide10
Writing to EntertainThe MAIN purpose is to
amuse readers.
Examples
Stories
Poems
Plays
You may learn something from a story, but the
MAIN purpose is to entertain. Slide11
Writing to InformThe MAIN purpose is to enlighten the reader.
Examples
Expository essays
Nonfiction texts
Instructions or directions
Informational writing may be entertaining, but the
MAIN
purpose is to inform.Slide12
Writing to PersuadeThe MAIN purpose is to convince the reader.
Examples
Persuasive Essays
Persuasive Speeches
Persuasive Letters or notes
Persuasive writing
attempts
to change the reader’s mind or get them to do something.Slide13
Elements of FictionSlide14
Settingthe time, place and period in which the action takes place.in some works of fiction action is so closely related to setting that the plot is directed by it.can establish the atmosphere of a work.Slide15
Plot
The series of events and actions that takes place in a story.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Denouement Slide16
ConflictMan vs. ManMan vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Man vs. Himself
Bonus: Man vs. _______