Text Structure

What is description?

• The author includes details of something to give the reader a picture in their mind.

• Chronological order

• Explains one or more solutions to a problem

• The author describes an event or several events and the events that follow it.

Which is an example of problem and solution?

• I left my book at home so I did not have it for class.

• I forgot to do my homework and my teacher gave me a 0, but I turned it in the next day and got a 100.

• I cracked my phone but got it fixed but then it broke again.

• My friend lost one of her socks and never found it.

What are a few sequencing signal words?

• If... then

• First, Second, Third, Fourth

• Alike, Different, Both

• On the other hand

What are a few compare and contrast signal words?

• same, different, similar, differences

• problem, solution

• then, after, before

• first, second, third, fourth

Which type of text structure might use a Venn diagram to collect information?

• cause and effect

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Which type of text structure discusses how two things are alike or different?

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

• compare and contrast

What is another name for the sequencing text structure?

• chronological order

• main idea

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

Which type of text structure lists events in the order that they occur?

• description

• cause and effect

• sequence

• problem and solution

Which text structure is similar to main idea and supporting details?

• description

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

• sequence

Which of the following is a type of text structure?

• caption

• sequence

• plot

• fiction