This document discusses the structure of academic texts. It identifies two main types of text structure: narrative/informative and informational. For informational texts, it outlines five common structures: cause-effect, compare/contrast, description, connecting, and sequencing. It also identifies the key elements of writing academic texts, including content, structure, language/style, and mechanics. The goal is to help readers understand how to recognize different text structures and write their own academic texts.

1. Structure of Academic Texts

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To determine the structure of a specific
academic text
Learning Objective

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Knowledge on the structure of a specific
academic text
Key Understanding
 What is the structure of an academic text?
Key Questions

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Also referred to as story grammar, which
addresses the structural elements of the
story, setting, characters, goals etc.
Recognizing Story Patterns

6. Narrative and Informative
Narrative texts help students learn about
character, fictional and nonfictional, and
his/her experiences. Informative text refers
to the organizational format that is found in
textbooks.

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1. Cause-effect or Problem Solving
2. Compare/Contrast
3. Description or Explanation
4. Connecting
5. Sequencing or Time-order
Recognizing Informational Text
Structure

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Cause-Effect
Authors use this type of text structure
to show relationships, organize
correlated factors, or show changes
in results.

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Compare/Contrast
Provides a process of identifying how
things are alike and different

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Describes the main idea
Describes supporting concepts
Describes key process
Describes important details
Description

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Connecting text to self helps students
explore thinking
Connecting text to text helps students
extend understanding
Connecting text to words helps students
expand meaning
Connecting

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 Refers to putting actions or events in a
chronological order
Sequencing

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• Content
clarity of the purpose and the thesis
statement, relevance of the
supporting points to the thesis
statement, knowledge on the subject
matter
• Structure
coherence and logical sequence of
the ideas
Elements of Writing
Academic Text

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• Language and Style
word choice, sentence construction
• Mechanics
grammar, punctuations,
capitalization, formatting,
documentation
Elements of Writing
Academic Text

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Create an academic text that shows its
structure while observing all the elements
of writing one.
Activity