Comprehension

Author's Purpose

Author’s purpose is closely tied to text structure. In narrative text, the author entertains; in expository text, the author informs; in argumentative text, the author persuades the reader; and technical writing presents a process. Students should, however, put on their detective hats to discover if the author may have an underlying purpose separate from the text structure. 

 

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Text Features

Understanding text features helps students navigate text and aids in finding specific information. Teachers should demonstrate how students can use text features in order to preview a text. Previewing text features helps students with the following pre-reading activities:

  • recognizing the organizational structure of the text

  • predicting what they will learn from the text

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