Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
California Common Core State Standards:
RI.6.5
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas. a. Analyze the use of text features (e.g., graphics, headers, captions) in
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
6.10.C*
explain how different organizational patterns (e.g., proposition-and-support, problem-and-solution) develop the main idea and the author's viewpoint
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.2.6.E
Analyze the author’s structure through the use ofparagraphs, chapters, or sections.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
E06.B-C.2.1.2
Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, section, or text feature fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.6.R.2.1
Explain how individual text sections and/or features convey meaning in texts.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
6.RC.12.RI
Determine how a particular sentence or paragraph in a text fits into the overall structure and contributes to the development of an idea, theme, or argument.
6th Grade Reading - Text Structure Lesson
Text Structure
Authors organize passages in certain ways to help readers better understand the text. This is called text structure.
Here are five types of text structures an author may use in a passage:
Chronology — when a passage is written in the order of when the events happened or will happen
Comparison — when a passage is written to compare events, ideas, people, things, etc.
Cause and Effect — when a passage shows how one thing (the cause) created, or led to, another (the effect)
Problem and Solution — when a passage shows a problem and tells the reader how to fix it (the solution)
Proposition and Support — when a passage presents an idea or a claim and supports it with reasons, details, and examples