Text Structures Quiz

Which includes the five text structures that the song talks about?

• description / sequence / cause and effect / compare and contrast / problem and solution

• description / classify / cause and reaction / compare and contrast / problem and problem

• reading / sequence / cause and effect / compare and contrast / solution and solution

Which text structure is used to describe a topic and its characteristics?

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Which text structure is used in the following lines: "Soft soil made the tower settle unevenly. As a result, it leaned increasingly."

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Which text structure is used to list events in the order that they happened?

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

In a text with a cause and effect structure, authors tell ______.

• why something happened

• what happened

• what happened and why

Which text structure is used in the following lines: "Both the Tower of Pisa's construction and the Washington Monument's saw disruption… Like the Leaning Tower, it took years to finish, but the purposes of the buildings were different."

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Which text structure often contains dates and the words "first" and "next"?

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Which words are often used in text with a compare and contrast structure?

• always / sometimes / maybe / next

• both / like / but / while

• first / next / then / last

What does an author do in a text with a problem and solution structure?

• introduces a problem, and then explains how somebody solved it

• introduces a solution, and then explains a problem

• introduces a comparison, and then explains how somebody can contrast it

Which text structure is used to explain how things are similar and different?

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution