Non Fiction Review - Text Structure, Text Features, and C/E

Non Fiction Review - Text Structure, Text Features, and C/E

Non Fiction texts often include some of the following:

• Text Structure - How is the text organized?

• Text Features - What extra items are in the text?

• Cause and Effect - How are the events in the text connected?

Text Structure

• Description

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

Multiple Choice

Bats are interesting creatures. These mammals are shy and gentle creatures. They are nocturnal, and search for food at night. Most bats feed on insects. For example, one bat can eat hundreds of insects in an hour! Without bats, those insects would eat crops that farmers grow.

What type of text structure is this?

• description

• compare & contrast

• order & sequence

• problem & solution

Multiple Choice

This structure shows why something happened and what happened. The reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to.

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• order & sequence

• compare & contrast

Multiple Choice

This structure shows events in time order. You may see words such as: first, next, then, or last.

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• order & sequence

• compare & contrast

Multiple Choice

What text structure would an author use when writing about an endangered species and how we can save it from extinction?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Text Features

• Headings

• Titles

• Graphs

• Photographs

• Captions

Multiple Choice

Found under pictures to help the reader better understand the picture of diagram.

• Illustrations

• Captions

• Glossary

• Chart

Multiple Choice

A word added to a diagram that helps provide more information about photograph.

• Illustrations

• subheadings

• special print

• labels

Multiple Choice

This is an example of ____________ text feature? NOTICE THE LABELS added to the picture.

• Index

• Table of contents

• Glossary

• Diagram

Cause and Effect

• How are the events connected?

• Cause - Why something happened.

• Effect - The thing that happened because of the Cause.

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Multiple Choice

Our dog is a hero in our town.  One day, little Jimmy Ward did not come home for dinner.  Everyone looked for him all over town.  Finally, our dog found Jimmy asleep under a tree.
CAUSE: Jimmy did not come home for dinner.
What was the EFFECT?

• Everyone looked for him.
• Jimmy was a hero in our town.
• Our dog was asleep.

Multiple Choice

It is a good idea to lock your door at night.  Mr. Griswold forgot to lock his door last Monday.  When he returned home, he found that his new T.V. set had been stolen.
EFFECT: Mr. Griswold's T.V. was stolen.
What was the CAUSE?

• He went to a show every Monday.
• He forgot to lock his door.
• It was very late.

Multiple Choice

Little Johnny Wiggins fell down a well on the farm.  His family looked for him.  Finally, at sundown, Mr. Wiggins found Johnny.  He had been trapped in the well for three hours.
CAUSE: Johnny Wiggins fell down a well.
What was the EFFECT?

• He was trapped for three hours.
• His mother found him at sundown.
• He was visiting the farm.

Multiple Choice

What is the cause in this sentence?

Because it rained, I got soaked.

• it rained

• I got soaked