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UNDERSTANDING TEXT STRUCTURES - Coggle Diagram
UNDERSTANDING TEXT STRUCTURES
ARCHITECTURAL SHAPE (READERS)
Numbers of paragraph (stanzas, chapter, parts)
Help students to think about physical structure
Anticipate a climax
change of direction
Emphasis the suggested by physical structure of the piece
Discuss paragraphing and its function as a form of punctuation that signals both coherent unit.
IDEA CHUNKING (READERS)
Contain multiple paragraph, pages
Begin by presenting several paragraphs of historical background for an existing situation and summarize
Descriptive outlining and asks students to identify the content chunks in the article. but they must identify the rhetorical functions or different segemnts.
ORGANIZATION PATTERNS (READERS)
Spatial Organization
Structure strategy of description.
Help students think of the ways in which a movie camera records a scene (near to far, far to near, right to left and etc)
Chronological Organization
Organization structure of narration
Stories (use time, presenting the beginning, middle and end of an event.)
Always be alert to the possibilities of flash back and flash forward
Logical Organization
Process structure
Used to explain how to do something. Such as first, then, next and finally
Enumeration is listing
Bullet points or numbers often signal the list structure
Classification
have a chapter and groupings
The level of classification depend on the level of detail needed to present information.
Problem and solution
Writer begins with an analysis of a problem, recommends a solution and sets out the arguments and evidence of the recommended solution over the possibilities.
Compare And Contrast
Present two items or ideas in a way that allows readers to make logical judgements about each and perhaps choose one over the other
Diagram can help them fill in missing components as they assess the validity of the choice
Cause And Effect
Following diagrams can help students recognise ways in which a causal chain might be organised
Teaching students to test the differences between proximity and causality.
ARCHITECTURAL SHAPE (WRITERS)
Emerge from the confluence of content, purpose and audience.
Help readers follow the logical unfolding of their ideas. Used punctuation as well as paragraphing.
Provide readers with additional information about the sequence and importance of specific ideas
ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS (WRITERS)
Help students see how they might present some content using organizational structure, then turn to another structure to develop their discussion
Present story of previous efforts to eliminate the sources.
IDEA CHUNKING ( WRITERS)
In the fist chunk, students might take one/ two paragraph to summarize and explain argument and take position; agree or disagree/ qualified agreement or disagreement
Particularly useful in on-demand writing situations when writers have limited time
Quick lists jotted during a minute or two of planning time is all that writers need to stay on track