Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.

When we're talking about structure in terms of novels, we're talking about the way a text is written. Is it in the form of letters or is it in the form of poetry? Is it written in chronological order, or are there flashbacks during the story? The whole point of this Common Core Standard is to have students understand why the author would choose to write a text in one way as opposed to another. A good way to do that would be to give students two short texts, written in two different ways, about the same topic and then have them explore how they responded to each text differently.