Nonfiction Text Structure

Shows the relationship between what happened and why

• Descriptive

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause/Effect

• Sequential

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

Describes a topic, idea, person, or thing by giving specific information about it

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Sequential

• Descriptive

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2A

CCSS.W.5.2B

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.5.4

Shows how two or more things are like and how they are different

• Sequential

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

Explains events or steps in order to tell how something is down or how something happens

• Descriptive

• Sequential

• Problem/Solution

• Compare/Contrast

Tags

CCSS.SL.5.4

CCSS.W.5.3C

Discusses a problem and gives possible solutions to fix the problem

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Sequential

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.W.5.2A

Provides information about a topic

• Sequential

• Cause/Effect

• Descriptive

• Problem/Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.W.5.2A

CCSS.W.5.2D

A sequence of events or a list of steps in a procedure

• Sequential

• Descriptive

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.W.5.3C

Supporting details state the causes of the topic or supporting details state the effects

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

• Sequential

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

The author shows how two or more things are similar or different

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Descriptive

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.W.5.9B

The main idea is stated as the problem and the supporting details state the solution

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Sequential

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.5