Text Structure Vocabulary

the author discusses similarities and differences between people, things, concepts, or ideas.

• compare/contrast

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

The author provides the readers with chronological events or a list of steps in a procedure.

• Descriptive

• Order/Sequence

• Cause/Effect

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

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

The author provides several details of something to give the reader a mental picture.

• cause/effect

• descriptive

• order/sequence

The author gives information about a problem and explains one or more solutions.

• problem/solution

• compare/contrast

• cause/effect

What text structure does this visual represent?

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

What text structure does this visual represent?

• descriptive

• problem/solution

• order/sequence

Wheat text structure does this visual represent?

• compare/contrast

• descriptive

• problem/solution

What text structure does this visual represent?

• compare/contrast

• order/sequence

• cause/effect

What text structure does this visual represent?

• order/sequence

• problem/solution

• descriptive