Craft: An author's skill in writing a text. Text Structure: The author's method of organizing a text.

When discussing informational text, there are five types of text structure: compare-contrast, sequential, cause-effect, descriptive, and problem-solution. Before a writer decides which structure to use, they need to examine their topic, their audience, and the purpose for writing.

Craft and Structure emphasizes how the authors' organization and structure of sentences and paragraphs contribute to the text meaning as a whole. As students read literature they must be able to use text structure to identify the order of events and the relationship of ideas in a text.

An informational text is a piece of non-fiction writing that aims to educate or inform the reader about a topic. Unlike fiction or some other types of nonfiction texts, an informational text doesn't use characters.

Here is a summary of the Craft and Structure Common Core Standard: Interpreting Craft and Structure is the ability to interpret words and phrases, analyze structure of texts as a whole, and assess how point of view shapes the content of the text.

Key Details: Important pieces of information that support the main idea of a text.