Text Structures Practice

Explains events or steps in order to tell how something is done or how something happens

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

shows the relationship between why something happens and what happens as a result of it

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• Sequence

Describes a topic, idea, person, or thing by giving a specific information about

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

Shows how two or more things are alike and how they are different

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• sequence

• cause and effect

Discuss a problem and gives possible ways to fix the problem

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

therefore, because of, reason why, leads to, solves

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

first, second, next, then, after that, before, finally

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

different, unlike, alike, similar, however, both

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

As a result, due to, consequently, because

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

for example, in addition, looks like, sounds like, smells like, feels like

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence