Text Structure

Knowing how a piece of text is organized helps the reader to make better sense of the information. Each organizational structure suggests questions which readers should consider as they are reading and be able to answer once they've finished reading the passage.

Looking for signal words can help students to determine a text's organizational structure.

Each organizational structure suggests particular questions:

• Chronological Sequence
  
• Comparison/Contrast
  
• Description
  
• Point of View
  
• Problem/Solution
  
• Process/Cause and Effect