Ri 5.5 Assessment

Which type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

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

Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

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

Which type of text structure describes events in sequential order?

• Chronological
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution
• Compare/Contrast

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.

• Description
• Compare & Contrast
• Problem & Solution
• Sequential

Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways. A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it. After chimps fight, they kiss and make up. When one chimp comforts another, it gives it a hug or pat on the back. There are, of course, many ways that chimps and humans are different. Chimpanzees are smaller and stronger than humans. An adult male chimp stands 3 or 4 feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds. But a chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall!

• Compare & Contrast
• Problem & Solution
• Cause & Effect
• Description

Chimps live in groups and like each other a lot, but sometimes they fight. However once they fight, they don’t want to stay angry at each other. They make up by holding a hand out to the other. They show they are sorry with pats and hugs and then the anger goes away.

• Descriptive
• Compare and contrast
• Cause and Effect

A chimpanzee’s body is made for climbing and swinging in the trees. First, it uses its long arms to reach a branch. Next, with its flexible hands and feet, it grabs and hooks on to the branch. Finally, it swings from that branch to another branch of tree.

• Compare & Contrast
• Sequence
• Descriptive
• Cause & Effect

It is fun to read about chimpanzees. All wild chimpanzees live in Africa. They live mostly in thick rain forests and in woodlands. There are two types, or species, of chimpanzees—the common chimpanzee and the bonobo, also known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

• Descriptive
• Cause & Effect 
• Problem & Solution
• Sequence

This type of writing considers similarities and differences.

• description
• compare & contrast
• order & sequence
• cause & effect

In this type of writing, the reader will see key words such as: because, as a result of, and due to.

• cause & effect
• problem & solution
• order & sequence
• compare & contrast