Text structure is the way an author organizes information in a text. Description is one type of informational text structure. An author describes, or tells about, a topic and its
characteristies. Characteristics are the things that make something different from others.
A text that has a description structure will include details about a topie. Words and phrases
like "for example, ""such as," "looks like" and "for instance" can signal that description is
being used. You may also see the words “many," "some," "including" and "most."

Read the excerpt from act v, scene iii of romeo and juliet. juliet: go, get thee hence, for i will not away. [exit friar laurence.] what’s here? a cup, clos’d in my true love’s hand? poison, i see, hath been his timeless end. o churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop to me after! i will kiss thy lips; haply, some poison yet doth hang on them, to make me die with a restorative. [kisses him.] which tragic flaw of juliet’s character is reflected in this excerpt? a) her optimistic way of seeing the world b) her tendency to act without forethought c) her tendency to act out of vengeance d) her carefree way of living life