Nonfiction Text Structure Authors use text structure to organize information. Identifying the text structure helps readers understand relationships between the details in pieces of nonfiction text. ‘Author gives main idea and supporting Description details, Details may (Main Idea and ¢ Give a more complete picture ‘Supporting Details) © Prove a point Show how ideas are related + Give examples 2 Author describes similarities and/or Compare and Contrast differences between two or more subjects. Author presents information Sequence Inthe order the events or actions occurred. Time Order « Left to right (east to west) or top Place Order Peron Chee + Inanorder that indicates importance, / i Author shows the relationship between, Cause and Effect | one or more causes and one or more effects. Author presents a problem and one or Problem and Solution more ways it can be solved. Author presents a question and then Question and Answer answers the question.