Nonfiction Text Structures

Front

Which type of text structure tells you the order of events? Options: description, compare & contrast, sequence, cause & effect

Back

sequence

Front

Which text structure explains how things are alike and different?

Back

compare & contrast

Front

Which text structure tells you how a problem was solved? Options: problem & solution, cause & effect, sequence, compare & contrast

Back

problem & solution

Front

Which text structure explains why something happened?

Back

cause & effect

Front

What is the structure when a text describes something to you? Options: sequence, cause & effect, description, compare & contrast.

Back

description

Front

What signal words might help you to know that a text is organized by cause & effect?

Back

because, therefore, as a result

Front

What signal words might help you to know that a text is organized in a compare & contrast structure?

Back

similar, both, however

Front

What signal words might help you to know that a text is organized by sequencing events?

Back

before, after, finally

Front

When you compare two or more things, what are you doing?

Back

writing about how two or more things are alike

Front

What are you doing when you show how two or more things contrast?

Back

writing about how two or more things are different