The document discusses the structure of academic texts. It states that text structure provides a roadmap for delivering ideas and allows readers to develop their own perspectives. It then describes the typical components of an academic text structure - the introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction describes the scope and context. The body contains the main content and examples. The conclusion restates the thesis statement.

1. STRUCTURE OF A SPECIFIC
ACADEMIC TEXTS

2. Text structure is fundamental in the development
and organization of ideas. This serves as the road
map in the delivery of message, giving the readers
an opportunity to build up their own thoughts and
personal perspective about the texts read.
Knowledge of the text structure will enable
students to understand that a text may present
main ideas and details; show cause-effect
relationships; problem-solution situation and
solicit readers’ personal views.

3. IMAGINEYOU ARE SERVEDWITHTHESEYUMMY
HAMBURGERS.
Do you like hamburgers?
Do you know that hamburger
represents the Structure of an
AcademicText?
Well, it does. But, what is this
Structure of theText we talk
about here?
How does it represent the
Structure of theText?

4. STRUCTURE OF A SPECIFIC ACADEMICTEXTS
The Introduction typically describes the
scope of the text in any article gives the brief
explanation or summary of the text and
provides background of the context or topics of
the text to be discussed. It may also explain
certain statements that are important to the
text if the explanations are part of the main
text.

5. EXAMPLE
Coronavirus disease is considered as the most disastrous pandemic the world is facing
now. It started last December 2019 in China, and rapidly spread around the world.
According to the World Health Organization, 2020, it is linked to the same family of
viruses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and some types of common colds.
Its symptoms include fever, shortness of breath and cough. This virus is transmitted
through direct contact with an infected person generated through coughing and
sneezing. It is said to be deadly; thus, safety measures promulgated by the WHO
should be taken.

6. STRUCTURE OF A SPECIFIC ACADEMICTEXTS
The Body is the main content of a book or other texts. It
contains the detailed explanation of the concept with
supporting details and examples. Such is recognized with
the help of transitional cues that clarifies, emphasize a
point, concedes a point, dismiss a point, adds or negates
information and many others.
Some of the Transitional cues that will help you identify
the body are: Additionally, moreover, for example,
furthermore, to illustrate, specifically, later, meanwhile,
next, then, etc.

7. EXAMPLE
First, washing our hands frequently and observing proper hygiene can
lessen the possibility of acquiring the virus. Because of this, the Division
of Sipalay City has given boxes of alcohol to all schools in Sipalay City.
The students and the teachers must be sprayed with alcohol before
entering the school campus. The students are encouraged to sanitize their
hands by supplying a bottle of alcohol to each classroom.

8. STRUCTURE OF A SPECIFIC ACADEMICTEXTS
The Conclusion is usually the restatement of the
thesis statement. At times. Concluding paragraphs
may leave a hanging questions or quotations for
the readers to ponder or to react. Often, concluding
cues or transition cues such as: accordingly, as a
result, in short, in summary, consequently, on the
whole, summing up, therefore, finally, etc. are used
to signal for conclusion

9. EXAMPLE
On the whole, fighting this invisible lethal
enemy lurking somewhere isn’t impossible
if we try to comply with the law and follow
the standards set by the WHO.

10. Having learned about the Structures of
an Academic Text, how it works in a
text and how it could be identified, can
you now tell how a hamburger relates
to a Structure of a Text? If so, can you
label each part of the hamburger
according to the Structure of an
Academic Text?

11. CAN YOU LABEL EACH PART OF THE
HAMBURGER ACCORDING TO THE
STRUCTURE OF AN ACADEMIC TEXT?

13. READ AND UNDERSTAND CAREFULLYTHE QUESTIONS. WRITETHE
LETTER CORRESPONDINGYOU ANSWER ONTHE ANSWER SHEET
PROVIDED.
1.Which of the following statements is not good advice
for someone writing a conclusion?
a. Use a transition word such as Finally or In
conclusion
b. Repeat or rephrase your thesis
c. End by saying, “that’s all I wanted to say.”
d. You need a memorable final remark.

14. READ AND UNDERSTAND CAREFULLYTHE QUESTIONS. WRITETHE
LETTER CORRESPONDINGYOU ANSWER ONTHE ANSWER SHEET
PROVIDED.
2.Where should you write the thesis (claim) for
the first time an essay?
a. At the beginning of the essay
b. In your first body paragraph
c. At the end of the introduction
d. In your conclusion

15. READ AND UNDERSTAND CAREFULLYTHE QUESTIONS. WRITETHE
LETTER CORRESPONDINGYOU ANSWER ONTHE ANSWER SHEET
PROVIDED.
3. It is a group of related sentences about a particular
topic or idea directly relating to the thesis.
a. Conclusion c. Introduction
b. Body d. Result

16. READ AND UNDERSTAND CAREFULLYTHE QUESTIONS. WRITETHE
LETTER CORRESPONDINGYOU ANSWER ONTHE ANSWER SHEET
PROVIDED.
4. To conclude, it is impossible to decide
whether to buy or to lease a vehicle without
checking the available sources of financing.
This is a good example of ______________.
a. Conclusion c. Introduction
b. Body d. Result

17. READ AND UNDERSTAND CAREFULLYTHE QUESTIONS. WRITETHE
LETTER CORRESPONDINGYOU ANSWER ONTHE ANSWER SHEET
PROVIDED.
5.Which of the following statements is an example of introduction?
a. Gaining or losing weight is a simple process. Nutrition has nothing to do with it. It is all about
calories.
b. Speech has the advantage over manual gestures in that it can be accomplished in parallel with
manual demonstration.
c. For example, an individual weighing 59 kilograms (130 pounds) would expend roughly 500 calories per hour
swimming or playing basketball.
d. Moreover, if vocal language did not become autonomous until the emergence of Homo sapiens this might explain
why tools manufacture did not really begin to develop true diversity and sophistication, and indeed to rival language
itself in this respect, until within the last 100,000 years.

19. ANSWER KEY
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. B