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Informational Text Structures
Informational Text Structures
1. Definition
Example:
A pandemic is a disease outbreak that spreads across countries or
continents. It affects more people and takes more lives than epidemic.
2. Description
Example:
Cosmos are annual flowers with colorful, daisy-like flowers that sit atop
long, slender stems. Blooming throughout the summer months, they attract birds,
bees, and butterflies to your garden.
3. Recount of a Sequence
Example:
Lleb made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. First, he spread peanut
butter on one slice of bread. Next, he spread jelly on one slice of bread. After spreading
the jelly on, he put two slices of bread together. Finally, he ate it. It was delicious!
4. Cause - Effect
Example:
Many people think that they can get sick by going into cold weather
improperly dressed; however, illnesses are not caused by temperature- they are
caused by germs. So, while shivering outside in the cold probably won’t
strengthen your immune system, you’re more likely to contract an illness indoors
because you will have a greater exposure to germs.
5. Problem - Solution
Example:
Problem:
Humans waste a lot of
resources.
Solution: Solution:
Recycle plastic, glass, and Turn off the water while
paper. brushing your theet.
6. Compare & Contrast
Example:
FISH
WHALES Lives in
water Lay eggs
Live birth
Have Have
Breathe
fins scale
air
Can Breathe
Have hair
swim in water
7. Enumeration
Example:
Informational Text Structures
Definition
Description
Recount of a Sequence
Cause - Effect
Problem - Solution
Compare & Contrast
Enumeration
Classification
Thesis evidence
8. Classification
Example:
Classifications of stocks in cooking
White stock: A clear, pale liquid made by simmering poultry, beef,
or fish bones.
Brown stock: An amber liquid made by first browning/roasting
poultry, beef, veal, or game bones.
Fumet: A highly flavored stock made with fish bones.
Court bouillon: An aromatic vegetable broth.
9. Thesis evidence
Example:
In the study of Tashrita Haider and Shadman Shakib, A Study on The Influences
of Advertisement on Consumer Buying Behavior where they include the
Entertainment in Advertisement, Familiarity of Advertisement, Social Imaging in
Advertisement and Advertisement Spending as their variables. Based on their
study, they said that the advertisement has a significant impact on consumer
buying behavior. They also show that the variables they were studying have a
positive impact on the consumer behavior. The Familiarity and Entertainment
have the most significant impact among the four variables. Consumers took it as
appositive indicator towards the brand of a product.