Text Structures Quiz

1. Authors use different text structures to ______________.

• give facts about their topics

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add visuals to their writing

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which text structure would an author use when writing about the life of Abraham Lincoln?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which text structure would an author use when writing about the many factors that started the American Revolutionary War?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Problem and Solution

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which 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

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which text structure would an author use when informing the reader about mole rats?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Problem and Solution

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

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

• similarly

• for example

• as a result

• finally

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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

• similarly

• for example

• as a result

• finally

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What are some signal words for Chronological order? Check all that apply.

• First

• As a result

• Because of this

• Next

• Specific dates

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem. what is the problem?

• Description
• chimpanzees
• chimpanzees are disappearing 
• Sequential

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5