*Summit Practice: Structures in Nonfiction Texts 7

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A text that explains why something has happened would MOST likely use which of the following text structures? Options: Cause/effect, Description, Compare/contrast, Sequential

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Cause/effect (provide a reason w hy about something)

Front

A text that shares the details of an event or object would most likely use which of the following text structures? Options: Cause/effect (provide a reason why about something), Description (explain with more specific information about a topic), Problem/solution (question and answer), Chronological (going in a particular order or number order)

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Description (explain with more specific information about a topic)

Front

How is text structure used in the paragraph about polio? Options: to present a problem and describe how that problem was solved (solution), to present a list of steps in a procedure, to present information that helps the reader form a mental picture, to present a primary relationship between two ideas.

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to present a problem and describe how that problem was solved (solution)

Front

What is the text structure used in the passage about homelessness? Options: to state (give) a problem and offer solutions, to examine similarities and differences, to link (connect) earlier and later events, to present a description

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to state (give) a problem and offer solutions

Front

How is text structure used in the paragraph about the sun? Options: to state a problem and offer solutions, to examine similarities and differences, to link earlier and later events, to present a description that helps the reader form a mental picture.

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to present a description that helps the reader form a mental picture

Front

How is text structure used in the passage about the space shuttle? Options: describe a relationship between two ideas, state a problem and solution, present a sequence of events, explain similarities and differences.

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to present a sequence of events [order in which things happened]