Text Structure

Text Structure

What is text structure and how can it help us understand informational text?

Multiple Choice

What does text structure mean?

• the type of book you are reading

• fiction or nonfiction

• the way an author organizes their writing

• things like charts and graphs

Multiple Choice

What is another word for chronological order?

• main idea

• sequence

• text structure

• chromebook

Multiple Choice

Which of the following words are key words that could help you identify chronological order?

• because, if..then, so,

• describe, such as

• first, next, then

• adjectives, characteristics

Multiple Choice

Which words below are key words that could help you identify cause and effect?

• first, next, then, last

• also, similarly

• adjectives, characteristics

• because, if...then, consequently

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of cause and effect?

• a paragraph about how erosion began

• a paragraph about your halloween costume

• a timeline of your life

• a paragraph comparing summer and winter

Multiple Choice

Which below shows the problem and solution text structure?

• describing the meal you ate for dinner

• sharing the events of your day

• comparing kindergarten to fourth grade

• telling about wildfires and ways to stop them

Multiple Choice

What does compare mean?

• look for similarities between two or more things

• look for differences between two or more things

• describing multiple things

• telling the order of events

Multiple Select

What text structure do you think is the hardest to identify?

• chronological order

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

• description

Multiple Choice

What does description text structure do for the reader?

• provides them with information about how to fix a problem

• provides them with an order of events

• provides them similarities and differences between two things

• provides them with details of an object, person, or place