https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/8th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/x435b1de09a877dd7:craft-and-structure-8/x435b1de09a877dd7:analyzing-text-structure-8/v/part-to-whole-relationships-in-text-structure-reading 2025-08-04T18:51:53.65884109Z Part-to-whole relationships in text structure The video teaches how smaller text sections work together to support a whole text, like a giant robot made of smaller robots. Well, a text is made up of other, smaller sections of text, which are in turn made up of paragraphs and sentences—and each smaller component serves the larger component to drive towards the main point of the text. David Rheinstrom video https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka_thumbnails_cache/be29c89d-9d70-4e1b-a692-d347d58aa08c_1280_720_base.png Part-to-whole relationships in text structure The video teaches how smaller text sections work together to support a whole text, like a giant robot made of smaller robots. Well, a text is made up of other, smaller sections of text, which are in turn made up of paragraphs and sentences—and each smaller component serves the larger component to drive towards the main point of the text. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/-GY2Cj1w_PY.mp4/-GY2Cj1w_PY.mp4 283 Analyzing text structure https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/new-6th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/x8ddea1200317e822:craft-and-structure-6/x8ddea1200317e822:analyzing-text-structure/a/how-do-sentences-work-together-to-build-meaning-and-purpose-in-text 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Analyzing informational text structure | Guided practice Learn how parts of a text work together to develop ideas. article https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/new-6th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/x8ddea1200317e822:craft-and-structure-6/x8ddea1200317e822:analyzing-text-structure/e/purpose-of-component 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Text structure (informational texts) Students will practice analyzing how text structure impacts meaning. Heather Meston exercise https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/new-6th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/x8ddea1200317e822:craft-and-structure-6/x8ddea1200317e822:analyzing-text-structure/a/analyzing-literary-text-structure-6 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Analyzing literary text structure | Guided practice Learn to analyze parts of a literary text help develop the theme, setting, or plot. article https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/new-6th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/x8ddea1200317e822:craft-and-structure-6/x8ddea1200317e822:analyzing-text-structure/e/text-structure-literature-6 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Text structure (literature) Skills practice Heather M. Meston exercise