What is the purpose of using graphic organizers in supporting text structure understanding?

• A. To help students organize ideas and see relationships among parts.
• B. To decorate writing.
• C. To memorize text.
• D. To replace reading.

Answer: (A)

Graphic organizers visually map how a text is built, helping students see how ideas and parts fit together. They externalize the structure and show relationships—such as what happens first, what causes events, or how characters and settings connect—so the overall organization becomes clearer. For example, a story map highlights characters, setting, problem, sequence of events, and resolution, while a cause/effect chart helps track how one idea leads to another. This supports understanding of text structure rather than decoration, memorization, or replacing reading.