Text Structure

This is when an author wants to explain to a reader how one event or thing leads to another.

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

This structure is when an author tells the reader about a problem and then gives the reader one or more solutions.

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

When the author wants to describe one specific thing to the reader.

• Cause and Effect
• Compare and Contrast
• Description 
• Sequence

When an author wants to show the reader how two or more things are alike and how they are different.

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

When an author wants to show something going in order.

• Compare and Contrast
• Description 
• Sequence
• Problem and Solution 

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.W.9-10.3C

The night’s snowstorm had many effects. People were out shoveling snow from their sidewalks.
This is an example of what? 

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

The problem was most people lived in the East. The cities were crowded. New land was expensive. Then, as a solution, the United States government purchased land from France.
This is an example of what?

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

The Green sea turtle is on the endangered list while the Loggerhead is listed as threatened. The Green sea turtle eats grass, algae and other vegetation and is classified as herbivorous.
This is an example of what?

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

This text structure has signal words like first, next, then and finally. 

• Cause and Effect
• Compare and Contrast
• Sequence
• Description 

This text structure uses words like similar to and different from. 

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