6. Text Structure and Supports Diagrams/ illustrations Legends/keys Para/sentences letters Punctuation 1 st /last para stories White space headings Text books italics subheadings Fairy tales Bold Titles GENRE PRINT TEXT
Text structures and supports are consistent features of text used by the author to cue the reader during reading. When these supports are dependable – in that they give consistent, appropriate, and meaningful cues to the reader – we call the text “considerate”. Three broad categories – conventions of text, genre, and print.
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