Text Structure

Mark all answers that are true.

Text structure...

• is how the author organizes information

• helps develop the central idea

• shows the relationship between ideas

• helps readers know what to expect and what facts are most important

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How many types of text structure are there?

• 3

• 7

• 4

• 5

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What is the purpose of Compare - Contrast structure?

• to show how one events makes others happen

• to present steps or events in the order that they occurred

• to point out similarities and differences between two or more subjects

• to describe a problem and its solutions

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This structure uses cue words such as "for example" and "characteristics are"

• Compare - Contrast

• Chronological/ Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Description

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Chronological/ Sequence structure is identified by these cues:

• transition words like first, next, and finally

• a problem and its solutions

• multiple dates, especially in order

• reasons why

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Authors use Cause and Effect structure to

• point out similarities and differences between two or more subjects

• present steps or events in order

• show how one event makes others happen

• describe a topic

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Description structure helps the reader understand a subject with what three kinds of details?

• characteristics

• features

• reasons

• examples

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Which text structure uses cue phrases such as "if...then", "as a result", "because", and "therefore"?

• Chronological/ Sequence

• Cause and effect

• Compare - Contrast

• Problem and Solution

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True or False: Comparison structure can show how subjects are both alike and different.

• True

• False

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Which three words could be cues that the structure of a text is Problem and Solution?

• Result

• Dilemma

• Question

• Puzzle

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