Organizational Patterns

Organizational Patterns

Text structure

how a passage (text) is organized

Multiple Choice

A structural pattern that describes the topic and its characteristics is known as __.

• sequence (chronological)

• compare and contrast

• description

Multiple Choice

Details and adjectives are clues that a ___ structure is the type of organizational pattern being used.

• sequence

• description

• cause & effect

Multiple Choice

Keywords such as first, next, before, finally, and after signal the use of a ____ structural pattern.

• sequence or chronological

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Multiple Choice

The structural pattern that provides an order of events or steps Is called ___.

• description

• sequence or chronological

• cause and effect

Multiple Choice

When author's tell about what happened and why, they are using a ____ structural pattern.

• description

• sequence or chronological

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Multiple Choice

Examples of keywords often used in cause & effect structural patterns are:

• "such as" and "for example"

• similar, different, neither, both

• since, if, then, due to, consequently

Multiple Choice

Keywords likely to be used in a problem-solution organizational pattern are:

• around, next to, over, and nearby.

• while, both, but, and like.

• since, question, and resolution.

Multiple Choice

The organizational pattern that addresses the similarities and differences between things is called ____.

• problem-solution

• compare-contrast

• cause-effect

Multiple Choice

A local newspaper article describes how a favorite community park nearly closed due to a lack of funding until a surprise anonymous donation was given that allowed the park to remain open. Which text structure does the news article demonstrate?

• descriptive

• problem-solution

• cause-effect

Multiple Choice

Abe stayed up late every night playing games on his phone and was usually late or absent to his first period math class each day. Consequently, he did not pass math and had to retake it in summer school. Which text structure does the example demonstrate?

• sequence

• description

• cause & effect