Introduction
As you work your way through this webquest, you will review four different types of text structures.
What exactly is text structure You ask?
It's the way an author writes a text, meaning it's how the writing is organized to give you information.
Task
Your task consists of reviewing some common text structures, determining a writer's use of text structure, and analyzing how the text structure impacts the meaning of the text.
Work through each part of the process AND turn in your work today on Google Classroom.
Process
Review text structures with this video.
Review how word choice impacts style with this video.
Review diction with this video.
Finally, select an article (sign in) and analyze its structure and explain its meaning and purpose using diction/text sturcture.
Use one of these graphic organizers to analyze the structure:
Timeline
Venn Diagram
Cause and Effect T-chart
Problem and Solution T-chart
Write a short essay analyzing the structure and explaining the articles meaning/author's purpose using diction, structure and word choice.
Evaluation
Completed videos-10 points
Completed structure graphic- 15 points
Completed paragraph- graded per rubric- 19 points
Conclusion
You should now know how to analyze a text for structure and explain how it affects author's purpose, text meaning- tone etc.