Text Structures

Text Structures

Multiple Choice

Which type of text structure is the following written in?

On that fateful day on April 11, 1912, the Titanic began its journey across the Atlantic. Its destination was New York City, but it would never make it there. By April 14, the Titanic had received seven warnings of icebergs, but those warnings never make it to the bridge. At 11:40 p.m. that same day, a ship lookout spotted an iceberg directly in the path of the ship.

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

• Chronological order

• Description

• Problem and solution

Multiple Choice

Which type of text structure is the following book probably written in?

Crocodiles and Alligators: Not the Same Reptile

• Cause and effect

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• Chronological order

• Description

• Problem and solution

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Which type of text structure is the following book probably written in?

The History of the Cell Phone

• Cause and effect

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• Chronological order

• Description

• Problem and solution

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In which text structure would you find the signal words, "next" and "finally"?

• Cause and effect

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• Chronological order

• Problem and solution

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In which text structure would you find the signal words, "issue" and "resolution"?

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• Chronological order

• Description

• Problem and solution

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In which text structure would you find the signal words, "for example" and "characteristics"?

• Description

• Problem and solution

• Chronological order

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In which text structure would you find the signal words, "similarly" and "however"?

• Description

• Chronological order

• Cause and effect

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In which text structure would you find the signal words, "as a result of" and "due to"?

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

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Key words are: problem, solution, resolution

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

• Chronological Order

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• Descriptive

Multiple Choice

Which structure tells the order that events occur?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological Order

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• Descriptive

Multiple Choice

Have you ever had an ice-cream headache? That’s when a painful sensation resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice-cream) on a hot day. This pain is produced by a nerve center in the roof of your mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain. Ice-cream headaches have turned many smiles to frowns.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological / sequence

• problem and solution

• descriptive

Multiple Choice

No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in “Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts,” a cook book that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled!

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological / sequence

• problem and solution

• descriptive

Multiple Choice

Freezer burn may have wasted more ice-cream than sidewalks. If you don’t know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts, scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological / sequence

• problem and solution

• descriptive

Multiple Choice

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological / sequence

• problem and solution

• descriptive

Multiple Choice

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological / sequence

• problem and solution

• descriptive