Text Patterns
Text Structures (Internal)
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| Internal Text Structure is like the basic building that is constructed for its particular use. A mall will be different from a school or a church or a home. Some texts are compare and contrast, some are sequence, some are cause and effect, some are central idea and support, and so on. |
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| Writing the text is like building the mall or the school or the home. |
There is also Order of Importance.
And Chronological shows sequence in time.
Seeing patterns
- Puzzled? We practiced looking for patterns with Magic-Eye pictures.
- Can you see it?
- What patterns have you learned in English class -- Text Structures?
Name the Text Structure
1. The dodo bird used to roam in large flocks across America. Interestingly, the dodo wasn’t startled by gun shot. Because of this, frontiersmen would kill entire flocks in one sitting. Unable to sustain these attacks, the dodo was hunted to extinction.
2. Jack and Jill ran up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.
3. Linux and Windows are both operating systems. Computers use them to run programs. Linux is totally free and open source, so users can improve or otherwise modify the source code. Windows is proprietary, so it costs money to use and users are prohibited from altering the source code.
4. Eating cereal is easy. First, get out your materials. Next, pour your cereal in the bowl, add milk, and enjoy.
5. Here are the three worst things that you can do on a date. First, you could tell jokes that aren’t funny and laugh really hard to yourself. This will make you look bad. Worse though, you could offend your date. One bad “joke” may cause your date to lash out at you, hence ruining the whole experience. But the worst thing that you can do is to appear slovenly. By not showering and properly grooming, you may repulse your date, and this is the worst thing that you can do.
6. Thousands of people die each year in car accidents involving drugs or alcohol. Lives could be saved if our town adopts a free public taxi service. By providing such a service, we could prevent intoxicated drivers from endangering themselves or others.
7. When you walk into my bedroom there is a window facing you. To the right of that is a dresser and television and on the other side of the window is my bed.
You could watch this video about how the "Magic Eye" pictures work.
There is a bit of language in a TV or movie clip they show.
There is a bit of language in a TV or movie clip they show.
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