Text Organization

Which type of text structure is based on time and uses years, dates, etc. 

• Chronological Order
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution
• Compare/Contrast

2. Frogs and toads can live in the water and on the land. They both catch food with long, sticky tongues. They also eat insects and small animals. On the other hand, they differ in many ways. You can tell them apart by their bodies. Frogs have long, strong back legs and thin, moist skin. Toads have shorter back legs and drier skin. 

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

Exercising is very important. It is good for your body. It makes your heart, muscles, and bones strong. It makes you feel better if you have a bad day. If you exercise, you will stay at a healthy weight. Make sure to exercise everyday. 

• Chronological Order
• description
• problem and solution
• sequence

Hurricanes and tornadoes are both amazing yet deadly natural phenomena.  Both generate deadly conditions, but in different ways.  Tornadoes differentiate from hurricanes because they are likely to damage people and property with their high winds, which go up to 300 miles per hour, whereas hurricanes are generally more feared for their flooding.  Also, hurricanes can produce tornadoes, which makes them quite dangerous indeed. 

• Chronological Order 
• Problem and Solution 
• Sequence 
• Compare and Contrast 

Which type of text structure shows how two or more things are similar and different?

• Chronological
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution
• Compare/Contrast

Which type of text structure answers the questions what happened and why?

• Chronological
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution
• Compare/Contrast

Which type of text structure presents a problem and one or more ways to solve it. 

• Sequence 
• Description
• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution 

In an informational text, what do you call the point an author is trying to make about a topic?

• author's attitude

• supporting detail

• main idea

• text structure

What is the organization of this passage? "As a result of people being confused by the pyramid shape, the USDA changed the healthy diet shape to an image of a plate."

• question/answer

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• sequence

What is the organization of this passage? "At first, the rain was light. During the night, it became heavier. Several hours later, the roads were flooded."

• concept/definition

• problem/solution

• classification

• sequence