Organizational Patterns

What are organizational patterns?

• the way an author organizes a text to get their message across to the reader

• imagery and word choice

• figurative language

• the point of view from which a text is written

What kind of organizational pattern is written in order of steps?

• sequence

• descriptive

• problem/solution

• generalization

What is problem and solution?

• a text that presents an issue and a way to fix it

• a text that compares and contrasts two different things

• a text that gives a general statement

• a text written in chronological order

What is compare and contrast?

• a text that presents a problem and a way to fix it
• a persuasive text
• a text that explains how two things are alike and different
• a text that describes something

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is cause and effect?

• a text that presents an issue and a way to fix it

• a text that explains what happened and why

• a text written in time order

• a persuasive text

Which of the following set of key words apply to a text written in compare and contrast?

• similar, alike, different, however

• for example, for instance

• since, because, if, due to

• because of, leads to, solve

Which of the following of key words is written in the pattern of cause and effect?

• because, since

• in addition

• if...then

• usually, none

Which type of text structure answers the questions what happened and why?

• sequence

• cause & effect

• generalization

• compare & contrast

Choose the clue words that indicate chronological.

• first, next, finally, 8:30, after

• cause, effect, as a result of, because

• problem, solution, promise, struggle

• compare, contrast, similar, different

 The pattern that arranges information in a step-by-step order is called:

• cause & effect.
• organizational pattern.
• process / sequence

• descriptive