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indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. R.I.3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. V Using Text Features to Aid Comprehension. Click on Literacy without Limits: Help for Struggling Students, Grades 4-12 at R.I.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text. PL - Literacy Snapshot Modules (may apply K-5/6?) Using Text Structures to Improve Comprehension Provides information on how to use the six most common text structures to improve comprehension. R.I.5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts. R Signal Words. The signal words that describe each type of structure are as follows: Cause and Effect: since, hence, because, made, for this reason, consequently, on that account. Chronology: first, second, third, before, after, when, later, until, at, last, next. Compare and contrast: similar, different, on the other hand, but, however, bigger than, smaller than, in the same way. Problem and solution: problem, solution, dilemma, if and then, puzzling. Teaching students to find these words helps them identify the type of text structure and the reading strategies that will assist them in comprehension. R.I.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.