Text Structures Assessment

Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem. what is the problem?

• Description
• chimpanzees
• chimpanzees are disappearing 
• Sequential

Which type of text structure answers the questions what happened and why?

• chronological
• cause and effect
• problem and solution
• compare/contrast

The earth's crust is made up mostly of hard, rocky substances, though some of these substances have crumbled into dirt from years of exposure to wind and rain and roots of plants. That crust is many miles thick (though the part under the ocean is thinner than the part on land). Underneath the crust is a layer called the mantle. The mantle is about 1,800 miles thick. Below the mantle is the earth's core, which is made up of two layers called the inner core and the outer core. What type of text structure is this?

• chronological order
• cause and effect
• description
• problem and solution

Choose the clue words that indicate compare and contrast.

• therefore, cause, effect, consequently
• later, then, next, Monday
• similar, different, common, on the other hand
• possibility, struggle, hope, problem

What text structure talks about order in time?

• chronological
• compare and contrast
• cause and effect
• problem or solution

Choose the clue words that indicate problem and solution.

• alike, both, however
• example, illustrate, features
• challenge, solution, difficulty
• since, because, as a result

How do mountains like these disappear? As it rains, water seeps through cracks and joints in the stone. Chemicals in the water dissolve small grains of rock. Later on, the water freezes and thaws, prying loose bigger pieces of rock. These rocks grind against other rocks as they slide downhill. The wind carries away particles of dust behind by these grinding rocks. As a result, it can be said that wind, water, and gravity have hauled away these mountains. What type of text structure is this?

• compare and contrast
• description
• cause and effect
• problem and solution

Which type of text structure describes events in order (First, Next, Then, Finally)?

• sequence
• cause and effect
• problem and solution
• compare/contrast

Some dogs and cats do not have homes. People started animal shelters to take care of these animals and solve the problem of homeless animals. At the shelters, dogs and cats get food and water. They get to play with other dogs and cats. Sometimes, people bring a lost animal to the shelter. Some of these dogs and cats get a new home! People come to animal shelters to get a new pet. What type of text structure is this?

• cause and effect
• description
• problem and solution
• compare and contrast

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. What type of text structure is this?

• cause and effect
• chronological
• problem and solution
• compare/contrast