Identifying Organizational Patterns

Which text structure describes what caused something to happen and its effect?

• Cause and Effect

• Description or List

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem/Solution

Which text structure puts information in chronological order from beginning to end

• Compare and Contrast

• Description or List

• Problem/Solution

• Sequence or Time Order

Similarities and differences are being presented and/or discussed.

• Description or List

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

• Compare/Contrast

Which text structure provides the reader with a lot of information or facts about a certain subject?

• Description or List

• Cause and Effect

• Problem/Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Which text structure introduces a problem and one or more solutions?

• Cause and Effect

• Problem/Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Description or List

Which type of text structure uses this graphic organizer?

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

• Compare/Contrast

• Description or List

Which graphic organizer would you use for cause/effect?

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Which graphic organizer would you use for a description or list?

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Which graphic organizer would you use for problem/solution?

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Which graphic organizer would you use for sequence or order?

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