This resource includes a Google Slides presentation on external text structures and a Google Slides presentation on internal text features (two slideshows in all). Both slideshows define each feature/structure and give an example. The external text structures slideshow has practice slides throughout. I prefer to have my students take notes on these slides as I teach them.

External text structures included in slideshow:

• Boldface
• Italics
• Colored text
• Underlining
• Indentation
• Sidebar
• Illustration
• Graphic
• Photograph
• Heading
• Subheading
• Footnote

Internal text features included in slideshow:

• Cause and effect
• Comparison/contrast
• Enumeration or listing
• Sequential or chronological
• Concept/definition
• Generalization
• Problem/solution
• Process

***Bonus: I enjoy having my students complete an external text structures project every year. We have done so both virtually on Google Classroom and physically using construction paper and magazines. I have included my rubric for this project and a virtual student example. Enjoy!