Text Structures Quiz Review

Describes an event and the events that follow because of that event

• Sequence

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

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CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.W.7.3C

Signal words for this text structure include: Same, different, similar, both, neither, etc.

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequence

• Cause and Effect

Outlines chronological events or a list of steps in a procedure

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.3C

Signal Words for this text structure include: solution, issue, remedy, solve, problem, etc.

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Description

• Cause and Effect

Talks about similarities and differences between people, places, and things

• Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

Gives information about a problem and explains one or more possible solutions

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

Includes signal words such as: first, next, last, after, finally, etc.

• Sequence

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

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CCSS.W.7.3C

Uses signal words such as: Because, as a result, due to, if/then, etc.

• Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

The following passage is an example of which text structure? "Rhesus monkeys and baboons are part of a group called Old World monkeys. Like rhesus monkeys, baboons have tails. However, baboons usually weigh more than rhesus monkeys. Baboons live in Africa and Arabia, while rhesus monkeys live in Asia."

• Description

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

The following passage is an example of which type of text structure: "Piping plovers are losing their habitats. This is because humans are taking many of the beaches where they live to construct buildings. Humans have also changed the level of water in the piping plovers’ homes. Sometimes, there is too much water or too little water. As a result of the loss of their habitats, piping plovers have become an endangered species."

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence

• Cause and Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5