The six text structures

An article that lays out the order of events in World War I is

• Descriptive

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

• Compare and Contrast

An article that can be diagrammed using a Venn Diagram (two circles overlapping) and uses words like, similarly, unlike, like....

• Descriptive

• Descriptive

• Doesn't exist

• Compare and Contrast

An article about stray dogs starving on the streets and a program that finds homes for them is...

• Descriptive

• Too long

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

An article that tells you the color, size, speed and shape of a car is ..,

• Descriptive

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

An article that has a Cause and Effect structure....

• Could compare two kinds of backpacks.

• Could tell you about a person's life.

• Could talk about the wildfires in Oregon and how many people there lost their homes.

• Could talk about a program that takes in homeless people.

An article that is diagrammed using a lock and key diagram and has words like "so", "to solve this problem...", and "one solution is to..."

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Descriptive

An article that talks about the similarities and differences between an android phone and an I phone is ...

• Cause and Effect

• Descriptive

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

An article that is diagrammed using something that looks like a spider with a big circle in the middle and small circles branching out is...

• Descriptive

• Cause and Effect

• I hate spiders

• Compare and Contrast

An article that is diagrammed using boxes in a row numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.... and uses words like then, next, after that, first, ....

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

• Compare and Contrast

• Descriptive

An article that has phrases like "looks like", "is really big", "has bright colors", "is brand new" is.....

• Descriptive

• Cause and Effect

• A furry orange.

• Sequence