Reading Information Text

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of text structure?

• To confuse the reader

• To use complex language

• To organize information in a text

• To entertain the reader

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Which text structure explains how two or more elements are alike and different?

• Compare and contrast

• Chronological

• Description

• Cause and effect

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What type of text structure presents a problem and one or more possible solutions?

• Chronological

• Description

• Problem solution

• Compare and contrast

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In a description text model, the author describes a topic by listing ____________.

• Similarities and differences

• Causes and effects

• Events

• Characteristics, features, attributes, and examples

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How is a chronological or sequence text structure usually organized?

• By subject or similarities and differences

• By time or date

• By characteristics, features, attributes, and examples

• By problem and solution

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What does a compare and contrast text structure explain?

• The order of events

• One or more possible solutions to a problem

• How two or more elements are alike and different

• How one thing leads to another

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What is the purpose of a cause and effect text structure?

• To show how one thing leads to another

• To explain how two or more elements are alike and different

• To organize information in a text

• To entertain the reader

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Which option is NOT a way to find the main idea of an informational text?

• Look for words used more than once
• Reread the first and last sentence
• Look at the title and heading
• Go to google and type in the title of the text

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What is the definition of integrity?

• The quality of being deceitful and lacking moral principles
• The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles, especially, when no one is looking

• The quality of being lazy and irresponsible
• The quality of being aggressive and confrontational

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Which is NOT a way to identify key words in an informational text?

• Bold
• Italics
• Color
• It smells

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Fill in the blank: The text structure that arranges information based on its significance is called ________.

• Order of Importance

• Logical Order

• Classification

• Advantage and Disadvantage

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Fill in the blank: Signal words for chronological text structure include before, following, ________, prior to, then, when, after.

• A) Previously

• B) Because

• C) Although

• D) Despite

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Which of the following is a purpose of the 'Cause and Effect Text Structure'?

• To entertain the reader

• To describe a process

• To help readers understand relationships between events

• To provide a summary

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Fill in the blank: Signal words for the 'Cause and Effect Text Structure' include 'as a result', 'because of', 'consequently', and ________.

• A) however

• B) therefore

• C) similarly

• D) although

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Classification text structure helps readers understand how things are ____.

• A) unrelated

• B) grouped

• C) ignored

• D) forgotten

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Which of the following is NOT a signal word in the 'Order of Importance Text Structure'?

• First

• Second

• Before

• Randomly

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Fill in the blank: The word 'involves' is a signal word for ________.

• A) Compare/Contrast

• B) Definition/Example

• C) Description

• D) Logical Order

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Which of the following is not a signal word for Logical Order?

• first

• second

• involves

• last

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Which of the following is a signal word for 'Order of Importance'?

• problem

• primarily

• consequence

• challenge

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Fill in the blank: The word 'secondarily' is used to show ______.

• a problem

• a solution

• order of importance

• a challenge

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How do they help convey the author's purpose?

• By clarifying the message

• By distracting the reader

• By making the text longer

• By adding humor

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Which of the following is NOT a common text structure?

• Description

• Chronological

• Compare/Contrast

• Fiction

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Fill in the blank: In a cause and effect text structure, the ______ is the event that triggers the effect.

• A) Effect

• B) Cause

• C) Result

• D) Conclusion

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Fill in the blank: Understanding cause and effect helps readers to ______ the sequence of events.

• Disrupt

• Follow

• Ignore

• Complicate