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• The Philippines is also known as the land of smiles due to the friendly nature of the people there, who always seem to be smiling regardless of the situation.
• A party was cancelled due to the weather, so the students held the party indoors to solve the problem.
• Text structure refers to how the information within a written text is organized.
• This strategy helps in understanding that a text might present a main idea and details; a cause and then its effects; and/or different views of a topic.
• It helps in identifying and analyzing text structures to navigate the various structures presented within nonfiction and fiction texts.
• Types of text structure include Descriptive, Cause-and-Effect, Comparison and Contrast, Order/Sequence, and Problem and Solution.
• Descriptive text structure features a detailed description of something to give the reader a mental picture.
• Signal words used in Descriptive text structure are characteristic, to illustrate, also, one example, in addition.
• Information sheets about products for sale use Descriptive text structure.
• Cause-and-Effect text structure presents the causal relationship between a specific event, idea, or concept and the events, ideas, or concept that follow.
• Signal words used in Cause-and-Effect text structure are as a result of, because of, thus, for these reasons.
• Warning labels naming possible side effects of using a product use Cause-and-Effect text structure.
• Signal words used in order/sequence include: first, second, last, next, then, before, another.
• Academic text structure is different from other types of text due to its specific structures and formats.
• An example of an order/sequence text is directions in a manual for using an appliance.
• An example of a problem and solution text is a political speech proposing a solution for a social problem.
• An example of a comparison and contrast text is news articles about the position of two political parties on certain issues.
• Comparison and contrast is a type of text that examines the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, concepts, ideas, etc.
• Different structures of an academic text include: comparison and contrast, order/sequence, problem and solution, and others.
• Signal words used in comparison and contrast include: like…, in contrast…, similar to…, while…, as opposed to…, whereas…
• Problem and solution is a text structure that sets up a problem or problems, explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of the solution.
• Order/sequence is a text structure that gives readers a chronological or list of steps in a procedure.
• Understanding the structures of academic text is significant in understanding the said type of text more.
• Signal words used in problem and solution include: the problem is…, the solution is…, the difficulty is…