Text structures 1

Which text structure provides details or characteristics about a topic?

• problem and solution

• description

• compare and contrast

• sequence

Which text structure shows similarities and differences between two or more things ?

• chronological

• problem and solution

• description

• compare and contrast

Which text structure describes a problem and how it can be solved.

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• chronological

• sequence

Which text structure tells what happened and why it happened.

• description

• problem and solution

• sequence

• cause and effect

Which text structure tells the order of steps to take to complete a task?

• chronological

• sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Which text structure tells events in order, focusing on time?

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• chronological

These signal or clue words fit with which text structure:

First, then, next, last, before, after, years, actual dates, when, later, now

• description

• chronological/ sequence

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

The following clue words fit best with which text structure:

if/then • reasons why • as a result • therefore • because • consequently • since • so that • for • hence • due to • thus • this led to

• description

• problem and solution

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

The clue words below best fit with which text structure:

•Problem is

•Dilemma is

•If/then

•Because

•so that

• chronological

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• description

• compare and contrast

The clue words below best fit with which text structure:

nevertheless, but, although also, in the same way, just as, likewise, in comparison, where as, yet

• description

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect