Text Structure

The author describes the topic by giving details about its characteristics.

• Sequential

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Comparison

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.W.3.2B

Key words include first, next, then, last, after, later and finally.

• Sequential

• Comparison

• Cause and Effect

• Description

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

CCSS.W.3.3C

The author provides information in the order in which it happens.

• Sequential

• Comparison

• Cause and effect

• Description

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

CCSS.W.3.3C

Key words include caused by, effect, reason, because and as a result.

• Comparison

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Sequential

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Key words include adjectives and other words and phrases that describe.

• Cause and effect

• Comparison

• Description

• Sequential

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.W.3.3A

The author tells what causes something to happen.

• Comparison

• Description

• Cause and effect

• Sequential

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Key words include both, same, different, like, unlike, either and as well as.

• Cause and effect

• Description

• Sequential

• Comparison

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.8

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.W.3.2C

The author tells how two things are the same and how they are different.

• Cause and effect

• Sequential

• Comparison

• Description

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.8

CCSS.RI.3.9

This is be used to organize the information in a

• descriptive text

• cause and effect text

• comparison text

• sequential text

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.3.8

This is used to organize the information in a

• descriptive text

• comparison text

• cause and effect text

• sequential text

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

CCSS.W.3.2A