This week we are focusing on Text Structure.
Think about the book you are currently reading, what kind of text structure does the author use the most?
Your book might use more than one text structure. Be sure to give an example from your book that supports the text structure you think is present. If you need help refer to your notes in your notebook.
Remember to include the title, author, and page you are currently on.
Also, make sure your response is at least 5 sentences and do not forget to comment twice!
162 comments:
I'm just finished Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. The author used chronological order the most because the story just went in order of how it happened. First, she was living at home with her family, then she gets kidnapped by the Tucks. The story goes day by day of Winnie's story and how she's doing at the Tucks. Another text structure that occurs is flashback because they go back to when the Tucks drank the spring water and realized they could live forever.
The book I am currently reading is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K Rowling. The author used chronological order mainly, because the story just told how everything happened as it happened and it didn't skip around.The story started where Harry was trapped in his room with the Dursleys, and led to him being with Ron at Hogwarts. Another text structure that occurs is cause and effect. The author uses cause and effect in the book, because some major things in the book are cause by things that were originally really small.
The book I was reading was the PIgman's Legacy. It uses flashback the entire story because this book was written on past events. The book itself says "We write this book on what happened to prove our inicince". Author is Paul Zindel. I have currently finished the book.
I am reading the Rangers Apprentice Halts Peril by John Flanagan. This book used chronological order as its text structure. This used chronilogical order because halfway through the book Halt gets poisened and the author tells halts symptoms and how bad they get over time. It tells you how the poison effects him over the days. It also tells Will's story as he leaves to go find a doctor, because he is gone for three days.
The book I am reading is The Fallen Blade by Jon Grimwood.I am currently on page 327. The text structure my book uses is flashback. An example is when Tycho was on the boat and he was being stabbed he remembered his mom and how she would sing to him.
bhoffman2 i have read that book before and it is really good
The book I am currently reading is The Help by Kathryn Sockett. I am currently on page 57. The text structure that is most used is 'Cause and Effect'. For example, when one of the maids stole gold from the house she works at, the effect was that she went to jail.
rjacobs2, did you like this book? It sounds more like historical fiction than flashback because the whole book is set in the past.
bhoffman2, is that your favorite book of the series? What was your favorite movie?
sbogue2 that book sounds interesting
bhoffmann2
Never Read the book should I?
Im reading Queste. By Angie Sage. im on page 175. Its going in chronological order. First maricia overstand broke her purple python shoes. Then she went to the guy that makes her shoes and noticed that there were a weird pair of shoes. Finally the guy explained that her aprrentice had bought the shoes for Marrcelios pye.
I just finished the book Kednapped. The authors name is Willo Davis Roberts. I think the main text structure is cause and effect. The main cause in the book is when the school bully, Willie, gets kidnapped. The effect of this is that the main character Joey trys to find out the clues to what happened, and everything that happens is an effect of something else. This book was very interesting and it was hard to put it down so I would suggest it to anybody.
sbogue2
I heard that book was good is it?
bhoffmann2
Isn't another text structure in that book flash back?
My book is The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss I finished the book. My book is Chronological Order because its tells the events in the order and the way they happen. I believe it to be this because first its a non-fiction book and secondly because its plain commmon sense the way it should go and it does. I did like this book and i think everyone else would too.
I am reading "Bystander" by James Preller. I am omn chapter 12 page 69 The author uses chronological order. First he moves to a new town, then he meets a boy named Griffin, then he goes to a new school and sits with Griffin at lunch, then he finds out that Griffin is a nice guy who help elderly people carry their groceries.
The book I am currently reading is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K Rowling. I am currently on page 101. The text structure that is most used is chronological order. Because Harry was trapped in his room with the Dursleys, and led to him being with Ron at Hogwarts.
sbogue2
My book is the same.
rjacobs2,
did you like this book? It sounds awesome.
anichols2,
that sounds intereasting!
bhoffman2
I couldnt stand the first 3 chapters of Harry Potter it was to boring for me.
bhoffman2, that book is awesome
I am reading A Dance with Dragons byt George R. R. Martin and i am on page 285
My book i smostly in chronological order. My book changes point of view each chapter and the characters usually begin their sequences after an event has happened in the character's story before. Sometimes the stories overlap with others, but it is mostly Chronological order
msimmons6,
do you like the harry potter books?+
I am on page 30 in the book Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. My book is a historical fiction book that only uses chronological order. this so that the reader gets the full feel of the history behind the story.
pdixon6,
You'll definitely have to tell me more about your book. I guess it's not surprising that the book is in chronological order
EMoody6
I love books that are in chronological order, it makes for a really easy read, how easy is your's to read?
kflanagan6,
That books seems quite interesting, I was wondering what more of the causes might be
The book I am reading currently is Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling and I'm on page one hundred and eighty seven. So far, the author has used problem and solution the most, but since I have not finished the book I have not found out the solution they end up with. The problem is that Voldemort has returned and he wants to get rid of Harry Potter once and for all. But, the solution so far is for Dumbledore to give Harry extra lessons in dark magic so he can stand a better chance against Voldemort and his death eaters. The author has also used description many times when informing the reader about various characters or events.
anichols2
you are still reading that book.
sbougue2, I've heard a lot of wonderful things about that book from friends who've read it. Isn't there a movie coming out based off of the book? If there is, would you go to see it? Also, if you did, do you think you'd enjoy it as much as the book?
Finnaly I just finished Forever Amber by Kaitlin Winzor. I think that the main text structure that she used is cause and effect. The cause is that in the moment when Amber is so tired of her simple country life and think that her life is terrible she met Lord Carlton and go with him to London. The effect is that she have a lot of problems, in which she doesn't know what to do, become pregnant and have no friends.
Title: City of the Beasts
Page: 23
Author: Isabel Allende
I havn't read much, but i think it uses flashback and cause/effect. For flashback, Alex looks back when he was young and how cruel his grandmother was to him. For cause/effect, when Alex destroyed just about everything in his room, he had to tolerate the fact he couldn't use his lamp anymore.
bhoffmann2, Doesn't that book use some flashbacks, too? For example, when Harry recalls when he found out Voldemort was using Professor Quirell for a body in book one.
PDixon6
Compared to most other books that are writen chronologically, how do you think your's compares?
bbedell6
i didn't read this part of Harry Potter. sounds interesting.
The book i am currently reading is The sherlockian by Graham Moore and I am on page 5. I think the author uses description the most becasue this is about two people, Arthur Conan Doyle and Harold, which the author explians how Doyle kills Sherlock holmes and How Harold got accepected into the Irrelgulars. An example is Murder tasted sweet on Artur's lips. He salivated. His pen, heavy between his stubby fingers, did not scratch the paper.
bhoffmann2 do you like the HP series?
dhileman6
i like books and movies that uses flashbacks!
The book I am currently reading is called Nightshade by Andrea Cremer. I am on page 94. I think the book is mostly problem/solution. The main character, Calla, is a werewolf and belongs to the nightshade pack. She is destined to marry another werewolf named Ren in order to combine to two packs. Unfortunately, she has fallen in love with a human named Shay, but her love is forbidden. Right now, she is trying to figure out why Searchers are going after Shay. That is why I think it is problem/solution.
bbedell6,
The Harry Potter books seem really good, and I have heard many good things about them. I am wondering if I should start reading them.
sbogue2,
I think I have heard of that book, isn't it a real popular one?
I am reading The Associate by John Grisham. I am on page 238. The text structure that my book uses most is flashback. They always look back at what they did to deserve what comes to them. Like how Kyle has a big secret, and he keeps flashing back to remember part of what had happened.
sbogue2,
Books that use chronological order are usually boring..
rjacobs2,
My book uses flashback too.
My book is dark life by kate falls. I am currently done with the book, and am looking for a non fiction. But this book was mostly description. It talked alot about what the characters looked like, and what they went through on their adventures. This would have to be my favoritye book of all.
i just finished reading My Sisters Keeper by jodi picoult. The author used chronological order, such as first kate gets luekemia then she goes through many transfusions, surgeries, shots etc. Another text structure is description. Because they use very unique words and very describtive ones to.
sbogue2 that sounds good
sbogue, sounds like a good book!
I am almost done with The guardian by Nicholas Sparks and I am currently on page 367. My book uses flash back because julie flashes back to times in her childhood. She hopes that one day she could be as happy as she was when she was little. She also flashes back to when she was with her husband. She miss him so much but she knows she has to move on.
bhoffmann2 that is a cool book
I am reading Touch Blue. The author of my book is Cynthia Lord.I am on page 37.The text structure that my author use the most in my book is flashback. She always goes back when the character was hanging out with her old friend.
Good job Sbogue2
my book is the youngest templar orphan of destiny.author is micheal p spraldin.and i am on page 12.descriptive.
Good job bhoffmann2
I am reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett, i started Monday and am on page 232. The author mainly uses flashback. It is sometimes complicated if you dont read carefully because you might read into the past and wonder whats this about? Like when Aibileen says something about gher kid she goes back to when he died and what happened and how she acted. Also Skeeter goes to talk about when she remembers when her and Constantine do something and how much she misses her. This is such an amazing book.
Sbouge2
I think i am going to read Tuck Everlasting, do you recommend it?
Bhoffman2
I always wanted to read Harry Potter is it anything like the movies???
The book I am currenty reading is called harry Houdie.The text structure is cronological order. It is a [pretty good book.I think if you like magic or Houdie then you should read this book. I think this book is nerve raking becasue you never know if he is ganna get out or not...
i just finished the book iron thunder by avi the author of my book wrote it in chronological order because he was talking about how the civil war went with the miramac and the monitar
sbogue2,I read that book, it wasn't bad. You finished it about ten times faster than I did
the book i am currently reading i adventure island by robert louis stevenson. i am currently on page 89. the only text structure i could find in my book is chrinilogical order. first, the main character lives with his parents when a pirate comes and stays whith them. then his dad and the pirate die tue to health complications. then the kid goes to a doctor who knows a pirate and they get his ship. they they sail to the titular island and arive at the shore. then the kid runs away and meets a cast away.
sbogue2 what are those things anyway?
anichols2 i take it you saw the movie
The book I am currently reading is " Number The Stars". The author of my book is Lois Lowry.I am currently on page 12 . The text structure they use in the story is Cause and affect. It cause in affect because in the story these three Jewish girls got stopped by German soldiers because they were running in the street in result there were told to find another way to school.
sbougue2,What page are you on? It sounds like a good book.
Bhoffmann2, What page are you on? Good detail!
sbogue that dose souind like a good book for you.
bhoffmen, ive read that book before . you will probably like it.
The book I am currently reading is called Boost. It is written by Kathy Mackel. I just started the book so I am on page 7. The text structure this book uses is Description. I think that because when Savvy goes to the basketball tryouts she describe how it was quite and when she missed her 3 point shot she could hear all the gasps of air from people.
The book I am currently reading is called Boost. It is written by Kathy Mackel. I just started the book so I am on page 7. The text structure this book uses is Description. I think that because when Savvy goes to the basketball tryouts she describe how it was quite and when she missed her 3 point shot she could hear all the gasps of air from people.
bbedell6,
I have not read any of the Harry Potter Series nor have I seen the movies. Are they good?
I just finished Christmas After All- the Great Depression diary of Minnie Swift. By Kathryn Lansky.My book uses chronological order. Sinse it is a diary it is always in order. A non specific example is when Minnie goes to bed and gets up the next day. Another text structure would be descriptive. An example would be how the diary descibes the living conditions very specificly.
I think this book relies more on descrition for use of text structure. It describes the life of percy and what is going on. Also he discovers later about his bloodlines. It does include problem and solution. Because Percy is confused off the odd events that are happening. The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan page33
sbouge2, your book sounds very dramatic.
sbogue2,
Is that a really good book? I have heard some people talk about it but I have never read it.
npegg2, great example of chronological order.
Im reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and im on page 177. I think that the text structure in my book is cause and effect. For example, a cause is that her aunt and cousins abuse her, and so as a sort of punishment they send her to Longwood school, where she satays until she is 18.
I have currently finished the book the underdogs by Mike Lupica. I think the text structure he uses the most is cause and effect. Like the year before the kid fumbled the ball and the other team won the game. Anothe example is the team doesn't have enough money to play so they get new balance to sponsor them.
sbogue2, that book sounds good.
bhoffman2, i read that book it's so good!
The book I'm reading is Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech. The text structure is chronological order because it starts at the beginning of the school year, then proceeds throughout the school year. It also has a bit of flashback, before Jack remembers back to having his old dog, Sky.
@sbogue2
I have Tuck Everlasting on DVD :D
@bhoffmann2
I love Harry Potter, it's amazing. |:
I am currently reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I have just stared and am on page 16. The text sturcture the book mainly uses is problem and soution. The main character is always faced with a new problem and even though I have just started I am pretty sure there is a solution eventually. The book also uses flashbacks because the main character Katniss experiances a lot of flashbacks.
I am reading Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins. I am on page 256. The author used chronological order because she told the story in the order of how it happened. She does not skip around from detail to detail in the story. She just explains about how Gregor and his friends go to find the Bane on his trip to the underland.
Ahowell5,
Did you like that book?
Spena6,
Have you seen the movie for that book yet?
I am reading the book,Water for Elephants. The author is Sara Grun. I am on page 157. The text structure the book uses is chronological order and Desciption. It uses Chronological order because it tells the events in sequence and how they happened. This book is very descriptive and doesn't miss little details. It uses words such as, first,then, and finally which is classified as chronological order. It descibes the hospital room.It says "There are no windows." "There is a clock on one wall, but the room is otherwise bare." "The floor is linoleum,olive green and white, and in the middle are two gurneys." "Each has a sheet-covered body on it." This book is intreguing but confusing at the same time. I really like it though it has some very weird parts in it.I really want to see the movie but I haven't yet but I haver heard it's really good and that the book is very different.
The book I'm currently reading right now is Warriors: Bluestar's Prophecy by Erin Hunter. I'm on page 140. The text structure the author in my book would use the most is in chronological order but it starts with the death of the main character and tells a flashback from when she was a kit and tells on about how she became the leader of Thunderclan. Like it tells how it began because she was the last kit in her litter to ever open her eyes, the decided to wonder off by herself in the camp, and she decided to stay in the c amp instead of going out of the camp. She also became a warrior by accident to meant to distract the other warriors from fighting Windclan.
SBogue2, Have you seen the movie? I have, and I started to read the book.
sbogue2:
I loved that movie.(:
bhoffmann2:
I never read those books,are they good,?
bBedel6, I read that in fifth grade! It was kind of complicated then and hard to understand.
@sbouge2
That sounds like a good story I hope to read it sometime.
@bhoffmann2
I heard Harry Potter was a good series I hope to read it sometime.
The book I'm reading is Valley Forge by Newt Gingrich. I'm on page 73. The text structure the Author uses the most is Chronological order. For example he always tells what happened and what came next. just like a time line
sbouge2: sounds like a interesting book.
anichols2: Out of the book and the movie. I can't decide which is better.
The book I am currently reading is Dark Life by Kat Falls. So far the author has been using problem and solution as the text structure. For example,Ty the main character was exploring a forbidden cave when a green lantern shark chased him into a sub with mysterious blood alL around the inside. Also, this is when he met Gemma and barely escaped from the outlaws. This book is really suspencefull so far and I am enjoying it, and I am on page 39.
Ebayer6,I remember reading that book, what would you say is your favorite part so far?
Twilson2,I agree the author does use a lot of description in that book. Did you see the movie,if so which one do you think is more descriptive?
I am currently on page 200 of The Tinkerer’s Daughter, by Jamie Sedgwick. The text structure that the author uses the most is cause and effect. She uses this the most because there are a ton of situations that lead to problems. In the beginning, Breeze’s father was sent back to war, so the effect would be that she had to stay with Tinker. Another cause and effect would be when Tinker never organizes his junk. This leads to Breeze wondering how she should sort all of it.
Sbogue2:
I thought my book used chronological order, too! But it just didn’t have any signal, or key words.
Anichols2:
I loved The Help the movie! But in the movie the maid stole a ring that she found, and got caught.
I am currently reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. I am on page 181. I think this book uses the Problm/solution text structure. An example of this would be when Katniss creates a reason for uprisings in the other districts. The solution for this is to upgrade the defenses of the districts. Another example of the text structure is when Katniss starts even more uprisings, the Capitol puts her back in the Hunger Games.
snetherland5,
I just finished that book. I agree that the text structure is problem and solution.
slaw5,
Have you read Suzann's other book: The Hunger Games?
I am currently reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. I'm on page 210. The text structure in my book is problem/ solution. I think this because Katniss is always running into problems, even in the first book. Right now she is trying to figure out how she is supposed to save her friends and family from something she did in book one, she was dealing with little things like how to escape and some other stuff but I don't wanna ruin the book for anyone because the series so far is amazing!!
Snetherland5,
I LOVE THAT BOOK!! ;D Do you like it so far?
anichols2,
I'v seen the movie, do you like the book better?
I am currently reading Killer by Sarah Shepard I am on the 6th chapeter its a part of the pretty little lairs series and I am obsessed with theese books. All of the Pretty Little Lairs books are definatley Flashback/Cause and Effect. because in the book it has a chapter about how Aria had a flashback about Ali and the time capsule competition. The cause and effect comes across when you finish a book you would realize because Hanna got a note from 'A' she did not go to school and events like that happen.
amanibusan6... Was that book sad? it seems like it would be!
astephens5.. I want to read that book so bad! Did you watch the movie? if you havent already are you going to?
I have just not one hour ago finished reading Eldest by Christopher Paolini. The Author mostly uses chronological order because Eragon trains with the elves and then fight in the war with the Empire. He also uses Problem/Solution because Eragon accidently curses Elva when he meant to bless her. The elves teach him a way to reverse the spell so Elva is free from the curse. Also Eragon had a problem his back where he had a seizer of some sort. The dragons change most of his appearance as an elf and heals his back.
npegg2, the title of that book sounds like Sorccerer's Apprentice.
msimons, bhoffmann2 is reading the same book.
I have just recently finished The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. The author is Tom Angleberger. The author used chronological order because he lists the events that happened from oldest to most recent. For example every chapters events in the book go in order based on time.
^Another example is the author uses chronological order to describe his case files throughout the book.
@SJun2 My author uses the same text structure as yours.
@asellars5 What does Mr. Gingrich talk about in his book?
@sbouge would you recommend that book to anyone
@bhoffman2 I read that book before and it was good
The book i am reading is Andre the Giant:A Legendary Life by Michael Krugman and i just finished my book. The author mainly used Chronological order. The book started out talking about how his parents met. As it goes along it describes how Andre was as a kid and talked about his brothers and sisters. Later it described how he began wrestling and how fans immediately loved him. Finally it described how his body slowly but surely began to deteriorate because of the disease he had.
Bhoffman2
That book is amazing!!!!!!
Kflanagan6
That book is very ..... Interesting
Snadon6
Your book sounds kind of creepy but very interesting at the same time
Kflanagan6
you book sounds really good
I am reading Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies by Erin Dionne. I am currently on page 30. Text stucture that I found in my book was was description. In the book it dsscribes how Kirsten looks. It says she was tall,blond, and athletic.
Kflanagan6, your book sounds interesting.
Mwilliams6, no offense but your book seems kind of boring. Are you enjoying it though?
I recently finished the War of The Worlds by H.G Wells. I think the Author used chronological because the story is told as events unfold. It began with observers seeing a explosion on Mars. Next a cylinder object crashes on Earth. People go and investigate and witness the Martians rising from the cylinder. It then goes on to describe long trek the Narrator undertakes to survive the long and grueling battle with the Martians. Another text structure might be cause and effect. Explosion on Mars leads to Cylinders crashing on Earth. Martian onslaught leads to a mass exodus of people.
bhoffmann2,
Harry Potter ROCKS!.
Great series.
aneal2,
Try going into more into more detail and giving more examples.
The book I am reading is called A Child called "it". I am on page 198.The author is Dave Pelzer. The main type of text structure the author uses in the book A child called "it is flashback because Dave Pelzer is talking about his child hood life. In A child called "it", Dave Pelzer talks about how his mother starved him and gave him scraps that not even a dog would eat.
anichols2 that sounds like a cool book to read.
sbogue2 I never heard of that book before but it sounds cool.
I am currently reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne and I am currently on page 5 (I just started). It's about a 9-year old boy named Bruno, who moves into the country in Germany and soon realizes what's in his backyard is not something to play with.
I think the trext structure used in this book is chronological order because the book goes in order from beginning to end.
sbogue2,
I love that movie, so cute :) Hope you liked the book!
anichols2,
I'm thinking about reading that book because I just watched the movie for the first time and really enjoyed it :)
I just finished Copper sun. The author is Shannon Draper. It went in chronological order. Like it start off as a happy book. Then next thing u know Besa runs out of the woods trying to tell her people that people are coming. Then the people came in and were tying them up and killing some of them.
scottr5
That book is so sad.
bhoffmann2
Is the book like the movie.
My book is farewell to manzanar. It is written by jeanne wakatsuki houston and james d. houston. I am currently on page 20 and so far it has been mainly cronalogical order. It is telling the events of pearl harbor in order. It is a great book and i predict that there will be a flashback soon.
mwilliams6
is that the wrestler if so sounds good
bbedell6
I am honnestly not big on harry potter but that one is pretty good.
I just finished reading Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, it was an amazing book. There were two text structures in my book, cause and affect & chronilogical order. It is cause and affect because a fever comes up in town, and everyone starts getting sick then dies. It is also cronilogical order because the events happen in the order that they're told in. This book was dandy, read it :)
Sbogue2: That sounds like a good book, is it long? I don't like long books.
bhoffman2: I love Harry Potter, I want to marry him.
The book I am durrently reading is Firestars quest by Erin Hunter. I am on page 45. I think it is chronological order. They have a system of seasons (same as ours, just different names), they say what time it is according to the sun, and the consience of days, calling a moon a month. An example is: "...and the long days of newleaf and greenleaf had broght plenty of prey"
npegg2, what is your book about?
bbedell, I loved that movie! Have you seen that movie? If you have seen the movie, how similar is the movie to the book?
The Witches of Worm is the name of the book I am reading. I have finished this book, it is by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. This book uses cause and effect, and chronological order. It uses cause and effect, because everything happened to her this way because she took in a demon cat. It uses chronological order, because it states that she First read more on witches, then talked to Mrs. Fortune, and after that performed the ceremony.
bhoffmann2;
You're right, major things happened because of small unimportant aspects of the story.
sbogue2;
Who are the Tucks? They seem like good people, but why did they kidnap her?
I am currently reading war horse and i am done with this book. It is written by MIchael Morprugo and i would say that this is cause and effect. When the war horse joey was bought they had no money. Then the horse joey had to plow thier crops to gain more money. Then it rained and killed all the crops.
@sbouge2 Hey i heard that book was good should i read it?
@aneal2 why is the title fallen blade?
@EZuy6 - how did she meet Lord Carlton and how old is she?
I am currently reading "Pretty Ugly" by Karyn Langhorne Folan. I am on page 128. The text structure for my book is problem/sloution. A lot of problems happen with the main character and a lot of girls and one boy. A solution to all the problems are good and bad. Jamee (main character) goes through so many problems.
@ sbogue2- I LOVE THAT BOOK AND MOVIE!!!!!! Its awesome.
@bhoffmann2- I dont really like the Harry Potter series, but it sounds interesting.
i am reading the incredible journey by sheila burnford. the author of my book is bel, ria. im on page 23. i would say this book is cronlogical order because every thing happens in order first the three pets ended getting lost then the they went to a shelter last they escaped the dog shelter and found there way home
aneal2; your book sounds cool it reminds me of one of my favorite movies.
bhoffmann2; are harry potter books cool i never read one of them? if there anything like the movies i wouldnt have an problem reading them.
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