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Identify signal words that provide clues in determining the specific text structure of a short, informational text or text excerpt (e.g., description, problem/solution, time/order, compare/contrast, cause/effect, directions).
Clarifications:
Essential Understandings
- Identify signal words for descriptive, problem/solution, time/order, compare/contrast or cause/effect (e.g., description – is, for example, and such as; problem/solution – the problem is, solve, and difficulty; time/order – first, next, initially, finally, and after; compare/contrast – is similar, different, and however; and cause/effect – since, because, consequently, if, and then).
- Match a list of given signal words to the appropriate text structure.
General Information
Number: LAFS.4.RI.2.AP.5a
Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised:
06/14
Cluster:
Craft and Structure
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