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| used when authors present a problem and include possiable answers to the problem |
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| text includes an explination of how to do something point by point. Proceeds from beginning to end |
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| one event or condition leads to anther. used to explain how and why things happen |
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| describes scenes, objects, or people in a specific pattern. often used for discriptive writing |
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| the author expresses an opinion or belief and then give reasons for the opinion or belief. |
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| loostest form of text organization and is often used when no other form seems to fit. the author just puts one detail after another |
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| chronological order/ time order |
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| presents a sequence of events in the order in which they occurred, but may include flashbacks that discribe previous events |
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| main idea/ order of importance |
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| the author makes a statement then backs it up w/ sentences that explain or supports it. major ideas are stressed more than minor ones. somtimes the major idea or detail comes first and then the minor ones follow it, but sometimes the author reverses the pattern and bulids up to the major idea or detail. |
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| shows how 2 or more people, places, or things are alike or different. |
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