Text Structures & Graphic Organizers
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This document discusses different text structures used to organize information, including chronological, sequential, cause/effect, problem/solution, compare/contrast, and proposition/support structures. Each structure is explained along with an example graphic organizer to illustrate how it organizes information. The document also provides steps for identifying a text's structure as a reader and for choosing and creating a structure as a writer.
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