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  1. What are the five common informational text structures that students should recognize for TDA analysis?

    Answer: Description, sequence/chronology, compare-contrast, cause-effect, and problem-solution

    These five organizational patterns are the foundational structures of informational texts and identifying them is a key TDA skill.

  2. Why does an author choose to organize an informational text using a 'problem-solution' structure?

    Answer: To guide the reader through identifying an issue and then evaluating or proposing responses to it

    Problem-solution structure creates urgency and positions the author as a solution-provider, guiding the reader from awareness to action.

  3. In a TDA response, how does identifying an author's organizational structure contribute to your analysis?

    Answer: It reveals how the author deliberately sequenced information to build an argument, create emphasis, or guide the reader toward a conclusion

    Structure is a rhetorical choice—understanding why an author organized information in a particular way is central to sophisticated TDA analysis.

  4. What signal words indicate a 'cause-and-effect' text structure?

    Answer: 'As a result,' 'because,' 'therefore,' and 'consequently'

    Causal signal words mark the relationship between events—they show that one thing led to another, revealing the author's explanatory logic.

  5. What does analyzing the 'introduction and conclusion' of a text reveal in a TDA analysis?

    Answer: How the author establishes the argument and what final insight or call to action they leave with the reader

    The introduction sets up the author's central claim and approach, while the conclusion reveals the ultimate message or intended impact—together they frame the text's purpose.

  6. How does a 'compare-contrast' structure help an author make an argument more persuasive?

    Answer: By highlighting the differences and similarities between options, it guides the reader to prefer one side or see the topic more clearly

    Compare-contrast structure allows an author to position their preferred option as superior by making differences explicit and vivid.

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