What Are Organizational Text Structures?

The key concept being expressed with supporting information about that concept.

• cause and effect
• description
• main idea and details
• chronological order

Tells why something happened and the result of it happening.

• chronological order
• cause and effect
• compare and contrast
• description

Uses dates to express time order.

• Sequential Order
• Chronological Order
• Main Ideas and Details
• Cause and Effect

Lists features, characteristics, or examples.

• Description
• Cause and Effect
• Compare and Contrast
• Main Idea and Details

Shows likenesses and differences of two or more things.

• Chronological Order
• Description
• Main Idea and Details
• Compare and Contrast

Which text structure tells the steps to follow to do something or make something?

• description
• cause and effect
• sequential order
• main idea and details

What is another name for text structure?

• organizational patterns
• key concepts
• chronological order
• description

For which text structure would you ask the question, "How are the two items similar or different?"

• cause and effect
• main idea and details
• description
• compare and contrast

For which text structure would you ask the questions, "When did it happen?" and "In what order did it happen?"

• main idea and details
• chronological order
• cause and effect
• compare and contrast 

A glossary is an example of which text feature?

• Organizational Text Features
• Print Text Features
• Graphic Text Features