Text Structures in Nonfiction

What text structure explains why something happened or explains the effects of something?

• Compare or Contrast
• Problem or Solution
• Cause or Effect
• Sequence

What text structure talks about order in time?

• Chronological
• Compare and Contrast
• Cause and Effect
• Problem or Solution

The text structure that describes the order steps occurred is called_______.

• Cause and Effect
• Sequence
• Compare and Contrast
• Problem and Siolution

When you are finding similarities and differences within in a text, what text structure is this format?

• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Sequence
• Compare and Contrast

When the author explains why something happens or explains the effects of something, what text structure are they using?

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

The text structure is similar to cause and effect, but it has an answer with an opinion.

• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Compare and Contrast
• Chronological

Here are two popular sports played at Milton, basketball and volleyball.  Both take place inside of the gym at Milton.  Also, each sport has two teams of people.  In basketball, however, the ball can be played off of the floor, and in volleyball, the ball cannot touch the floor or it is out of play.  Basketball and volleyball are popular sports at Milton.  What text structure is this?

• Cause and Effect
• Compare and Contrast
• Problem and Solution
• Sequence

There are two popular sports played at Milton, basketball and volleyball.  Both take place inside of the gym at Milton.  Also, each sport has two teams of people.  In basketball, however, the ball can be played off of the floor, and in volleyball, the ball cannot touch the floor or it is out of play.  Basketball and volleyball are popular sports at Milton.  What text structure is this?

• Compare and Contrast
• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Chronological

Lots of students fail classes.  Some students fail because the work is too hard for them.  Other times they may fail because they are lazy, and don’t do any work.  Another reason why students may fail is if they don’t go to school.  If you’re not in class you may miss a lot.  Many students fail classes every quarter.  What text structure is this?

• Cause and Effect
• Compare and Contrast
• Problem and Solution
• Sequence

Dr. Knapp doesn’t want people to sit back and let the toad vanish.  He believes that everyone is responsible for restoring the toad species.  Dr. Knapp thinks we could help restore the toad population if we stop mowing parts of our lawns and let the grass grow wild to reserve space for the toad.  He also believes we need to stop using pesticides and fertilizers.  The chemicals kill the insects that toads eat.  If we preserve some spaces in our lawns and stop using fertilizers, Dr. Knapp believes we can save the toads.  What text structure is this?

• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Sequence
• Compare and Contrast