Text Structure Review

What is the purpose of sequence text structure?

• To explain events in order.

• To describe how things are alike and different.

• To explain what happened and why it happened.

• To show a problem and how it is solved.

What is the purpose of cause-and-effect text structure?

• To explain events in order.

• To describe how things are alike and different.

• To explain what happened and why it happened.

• To show a problem and how it is solved.

What is the purpose of comparison/contrast text structure?

• To explain events in order.

• To describe how things are alike and different.

• To explain what happened and why it happened.

• To show a problem and how it is solved.

What is the purpose of problem/solution text structure?

• To explain events in order.

• To describe how things are alike and different.

• To explain what happened and why it happened.

• To show a problem and how it is solved.

What is the purpose of description text structure?

• To describe a topic, idea, person, or thing by giving specific information about it.

• To describe how things are alike and different.

• To explain what happened and why it happened.

Read the text. Then discuss and identify the text structure.

• comparison/contrast

• cause-and-effect

• description

• problem and solution