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Teachers can use this strategy with the whole class, small groups, or individually. Students learn to identify and analyze text structures which helps students navigate the various structures presented within nonfiction and fiction text. As a follow up, having students write paragraphs that follow common text structures helps students recognize these text structures when they are reading

This type of text structure features a detailed description of something to give the reader a mental picture.

Example: A book may tell all about whales or describe what the geography is like in a particular region.