Text Structure/Organization Practice

Read the section below and choose the best answer on how the author organizes the text.

The animal kingdom can be a dangerous place. Bigger animals hunt smaller animals for food. This is a huge problem for the smaller animals. To solve this problem, the prey need to develop ways to outsmart their predators. One amazing defense mechanism that some lizards developed is called autonomy. When attacked, certain lizards can actually detach their tails from their bodies. The tail keeps wagging for several minutes or more, distracting the predator. Meanwhile, the lizard scurries off to safety, solving the lizard's immediate problem.

• The author organizes the text by explaining a way that animals defend themselves against predators

• The author organizes the text by comparing lizards to other small animals

• The author organizes the text by describing how lizards lose their tails

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Read the section below and choose the best answer on how the author organizes the text.

In 1835, James Bowman invented the light bulb, which uses electricity to make light. This invention caused huge changes across the world. In a basic sense, this new and easy way of creating light meant that it was now much easier to perform tasks after dark. As a result of the light bulb, businesses could stay open later. Homes and streets were now better lit for nighttime activity. It also made things safer, as the gaslights that were used before light bulbs could be very dangerous

• The author organizes the text by explaining how James Bowman created the light bulb

• The author organizes the text by describing how lightbulbs made things safer

• The author organizes the text listing the ways that the invention of the lightbulb caused major changes in the world.

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Read the section below and choose the best answer on how the author organizes the text.

A butterfly's life cycle comes in four stages. First, a butterfly lays its eggs, which take only about five days to hatch. In stage two, a caterpillar emerges from the egg and starts eating everything in sight. When the caterpillar is done growing, it enters stage three and begins making a protective shell called a chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar turns into a butterfly. In stage four, the chrysalis opens to reveal a beautiful butterfly. Eventually, it lays eggs, and the cycle begins again.

• The author organizes the text by describing the stages of the life cycle that a caterpillar goes before becoming a butterfly.

• The author organizes the text by detailing how a caterpillaremerges from the egg and eats everything in sight.

• The author organizes the text by explaining how a caterpillar makes a protective shell called a chrysalis.

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Read the question below and choose the best answer on how the author organizes the text.

Chefs are hard at work in the kitchen of Village Pizza. One man sings an opera song in Italian as he flings dough in the air again and again. Flour sprinkles about the room like snow flurries as the dough stretches wider and wider with each nimble toss. You can hear a sizzle from the grill. Suddenly, the sweet smell of green peppers fills the room. The restaurant is not busy, but your senses certainly are.

• The author organizes the text by describing the atmosphere of the kitchen of Village Pizza.

• The author organizes the text by explaining how the dough stretches wider and wider with each toss.

• The author organizes the text by detailing the delicious smells in the Village Pizza kitchen.

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Read the section below and choose the best answer on how the author organizes the text.

Biking and running are two of the best kinds of exercise. Both are full of health benefits, including keeping your heart healthy and lowering stress. In addition, both are convenient. Often, you can just step out your front door and get going all by yourself. Biking does require a bike, of course, which can get expensive, while running just requires sturdy shoes. Biking, on the other hand, is easier on your body since your joints aren't pounding into the ground with each step.

• The author organizes the text by comparing the benefits of running and biking.

• The author organizes the text by highlighting how biking can be expensive.

• The author explaining how biking is easier on the body than running.

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