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Text structure that provides details of a specific topic. For example: The Puerto Rican Parrot is endemic to Puerto Rico. Most of its body is covered with green plumage with slightly paler underparts. On the head, lores and forehead are red. Eyes are brown, surrounded by broad, bare, white eye-ring.
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Text structure which looks at similarities and differences between topics. Example: The Hispaniola parrot and the Puerto Rican parrot are both medium size parrots living in the Caribbean. In both, green is a predominant color since green plumage covers most of their bodies. During flight, bright blue shades are visible in these majestic birds. Nonetheless, there are some differences between them. The Hispaniola parrot’s forehead is white, while the Puerto Rican parrot’s forehead is red. Also the Hispaniola parrot has red on its tail while the Puerto Rican parrot’s tail remains green.
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Text structure that presents and events and resulting consequences. Example: There has been a decline of many parrot species in the Caribbean. Loss of habitat due to deforestation has played a key role in the decline of these species.  Also, natural phenomena such as hurricanes have destroyed most of their habitats and the trees from which they eat. They are also vulnerable to hunting and poaching for pet trade which keeps them out of their natural environment and opportunities to reproduce.
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Text Strcuture that posts and issue and a solution. Example: In 1968, when the Puerto Rican parrot population had dwindled to around two dozen individual birds in the wild, a concerted mutual effort to save the species was launched. The Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Plan, it involved scientists and managers from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the US Forest Service and the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, with added support provided by the World Wildlife Fund. By 1989, the Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Plan had been in operation for over a decade. Through scientific intervention the parrot population in the wild had increased to 47 birds.
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Text Structure that follows a serious of steps  to explain a process. Example: To make a Puerto Rican parrot puppet you will need to gather the following materials: Green sock, felt fabric colors pale brown, green, white and blue, red artificial feathers, scissors. First put the green sock in your hand to make the shape of the mouth and create the beak with the pale brown felt fabric. Paste the beak on the sock. Then using white felt create two white rings and draw a brown eye on the center of each. Paste them on the right and left side of the sock. Then, cut the red feathers and paste them on the forehead. Next, create the wings with green felt on top and blue felt on the bottom. Finally paste the wings to the sock. Now you are ready to use your puppet.
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