Text Structure

Authors use different text structures to ______________(choose 2 answers).

• show the main point of the text.

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add pictures to their writing

What text structure would an author use when writing about the life of Henry Ford?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order/ Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What text structure would an author use when writing about an endangered species and how we can save it from extinction?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What text structure would an author use when explaining the life cycle of dolphins?

• Compare and Contrast

• Hierarchy

• Chronological Order/ Sequence

• Problem and Solution

What text structure would an author use when explaining the differences between four types of trees?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order/ Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which signal word or phrase is an author most likely to use when writing a cause and effect passage?

• Similarly

• For Example

• As a Result

• Finally

Which signal word or phrase is an author most likely to use when writing a compare and contrast passage?

• Similarly

• As a Result

• For Example

• Finally

Which word or phrase is an author most likely to use when writing a problem and solution text?

• First

• For example

• On the other hand

• Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

In a text with a sequence/process text structure, the author

• describes a topic and its characteristics.

• tells how something is done in steps.

• explains how things are similar and different.

• describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.

In a text with a hierarchy text structure, the author...

• explains the order of importance or power.

• tells about events in the order they happened.

• explains how things are similar and different.

• describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.