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Examples of Text FeaturesTitle
Table of contents
Headings or subtitles
Sidebars
Pictures and captions; Inset photos
Labeled diagrams, cutaways, and cross sections
Charts and graphs
Glossary
Index
Structure:
Multi-paragraph:
- Introduction
Thesis = Main Idea
- Body
- Conclusion
-Paragraph:
- - Topic sentence =
- Main Idea
- - Body
- - Concluding sentence
Common Academic Thought Patterns
NarrativeIllustrationDefinitionCause-EffectCompare-ContrastClassification
Any text, whether one paragraph or multiple paragraphs, may use a variety
of patterns .
Typical Ways to Organize Information in the Medical Field
We should also be able to identify and use:
Lists Items in a list can be rearranged
and the information will not change its meaning
Sequences /Processes Timelines How-to Instructions
Graphics, Data Structures
Expository
Text structure is organized by:
- Main Ideas
- Major Supporting Details
- Minor Supporting Details
Try this for defining fiction, non-fiction, narrative, and expository:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgeWCmFU-Ic
Narrative
Structure:
Beginning
Middle
End
ElementsCharactersSettingsThemesCentral Problem, or ConflictSequential presentation of
events (usually chronological)
Resolution to the Conflict
http://issuu.com/dtomazin/docs/walrath?mode=window
A Medical
Narrative(with a variety of identifiable patterns and features)
From a collection of graphic stories by fourth-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine.
Let’s identify a few patterns and their characteristics within our narrative:
Definitely a narrative conflict – she’s
wondering, can I help here? Maybe even, Do
I want to get involved?
Cause and effect !
The causes are divided into categories =
classification !
The items in
the categorie
s are listed.
What will we do with the ability to
identify and write with these patterns?
Integrate information in a text with our own knowledge
Group related ideasQuote, paraphrase, and
summarize important information
Interpret graphics, charts, tablesSynthesize information Apply information in a text to
real-world situations4_18_13
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