Text Structure

The text shares information about an event and what caused it to occur.

• problem and solution

• sequence

• description

• cause and effect

The text provides details about the topic of the text.

• description

• compare and contrast

• sequence

• problem and solution

The text is written in order of events.

• cause and effect

• description

• sequence

• none

The text has two or more ideas or topics and the author writes about the similarities and differences.

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• sequence

• all of them

The key words for this text structure are cause, effect, since, then because, if when so.

• sequence

• cause and effect

• description

• problem and solution

The keywords for this text structure are to begin with, for instance, examples, of, features include.

• sequence

• description

• compare and contrast

• none