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Text Structure as Architectural Shape . One way to begin a consideration of structure—even before beginning to read—is to look at the physical shape of a text. How many paragraphs (stanzas, chapters, parts) does it have? Are all the parts the same size? Are some sections bulkier than others? If so, where in the piece are they situated? Are ...
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A closed text is one that is regarded as autonomous, in the sense that it is separable from the author, the readers, and the social and cultural context in which text production and reception take place. An open text, inversely, is one that is conceived as a component part of the communicative situation.
- William Hendricks
Distinct Structural Characteristics. The introduction usually names the two (or more) texts/topics being compared. The body of the text examines the similarities and differences between two (or more) texts or topics (e.g., people, events, concepts, ideas, theories, things, places, issues, settings, characters, etc.).
Such texts are open texts. Closed texts are those that can be read primarily and without much effort with one familiar strategy and develop coherently through a single uncomplicated per-spective – i.e. the pleasure in reading these derive from the predictability of what the text presents and what the reader may find in it, the com-
- Suman Gupta
- 2003
Feb 1, 1989 · Eco's distinction between ‘open’ and ‘closed’ texts is introduced to establish how text structure can render reading a delimiting and constraining, and thereby ideological activity.
- Allan Luke
Text Structures are the organizational structures used within paragraphs or longer texts, appropriate to genre and purpose. Examples of text structures include: sequence/process, description, time order/chronology, proposition/support, compare/contrast, problem/solution, cause/effect, inductive/deductive, and investigation.
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Text structures refer to the way authors organize information in text. Recognizing the underlying structure of texts can help students focus attention on key concepts and relationships, anticipate what is to come, and monitor their comprehension as they read. TEXT STRUCTURE DEFINITION GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TRANSITIONS QUESTIONS Narrative Narrates an
