Text Types: Flashcards

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Chronological

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Articles that reveal events in a sequence from beginning to end. Words that signal chronological structures include: first, then, next, finally, and specific dates and times.

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Cause

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A reason for an action or condition.

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Effect

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Basic meaning or purpose.

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Problem

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Any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.

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Solution

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Something that is used or done to deal with or end a problem.

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Compare

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Something that is similar to another.

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Contrast

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Something that is different from another.

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Desription

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Sensory details that help a reader visualize information.

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Directions

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How-to-texts that frame the information in a series of directions.

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Sequence

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Information is listed step-by-step. Explains how to do it or how it happens. Does not occur at a specific time.

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Process Writing

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Writing actions that produce something or that lead to particular result.

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Descriptive Writing

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Describes something in order of space. Describes how something looks. Time doesn´t pass in the passage.

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Article

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A piece of writing that about a particular subject that is included in a magazine, newspaper, etc.

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Titles

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The name of something.

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Subtitles

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A title that comes after the main title of a book and that often gives more information about the contents of the book.

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Headings

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A word, phrase, etc., that is placed at the beginning of a document, passage, etc., or at the top of a page.

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Key Words

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A word that is used to find information in a piece of writing, in a computer document, or on the Internet.

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Text/Passage

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The original words of a piece of writing or a speech. The words that make up the main part of a book, magazine, newspaper, Web site, etc.

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Organization

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The way in which the different parts of something are arranged.

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Analyze

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To study something closely and carefully.