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the way an author structures information in a text
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the author provides readers with a list of events in time order
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the author gives information about an issue and explains one or more ways to fix it
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the author discusses similarities and differences between people, things, concepts, or ideas
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the author provides readers with a list of steps in a procedure
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the author describes an event and the events that follow as a result
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the author provides several details of something to give the reader a mental picture
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words used in the text that clue the reader in to the way the text is organized
