Organization+of+Text

Non-fiction Text Features - Orange Unit I Non-Fiction Text Features Blue Unit 3 Non-Fiction Text Features Chart Organization of Text **often varies with type of text, but common patterns exist: **
 * **chronological order** - details are arranged in the order in which they happen


 * **order of importance** - details are arranged in order of importance: least important to most important or most important to least important
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 * **cause-effect** - details are arranged to show connections between a result and the events that preceded it
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 * **comparison-contrast** - details are arranged to show similarities and differences between two or more subjects


 * **listing** - details are arranged in a simple list


 * **classification** - details are placed into categories


 * **problem-solution** - details are arranged to show a problem and then a way to solve the problem




 * **spatial** - details are arranged geographically from left to right, right to left, top to bottom, and so on


 * **mixed** - some details are arranged one way, and other details are arranged in another way