Text Structure

Match the following

• First of all, you add the cornbread mix. Then you add one egg.

• Description

• The kitten was black and white. It had long hair, and it purred constantly.

• Problem/Solution

• Acute triangles measure less than ninety degrees. Obtuse triangles measure more than ninety.

• Compare / Contrast

• Students are out of shape. Gym classes should be scheduled every day.

• Sequential / Procedural

• Ned was born in 1867. He grew up in London. After that he moved to the United States.

• Chronological

writing that is arranged in such a way that shows directions or steps in a certain order like a list

• cause / effect

• description

• sequential / procedural

writing that is arranged in a way that starts off with an event or fact that causes other things to happen because of this event or fact

• cause / effect

• description

• chronological

writing that is arranged in such a way that tells how two things are alike and different

• sequential / procedural

• compare / contrast

• chronological

writing that emphasizes description so that you know the way things look, sound, smell, or feel

• compare / contrast

• cause / effect

• description

writing that is arranged in such a way that shows events in a time order

• chronological

• problem-solution

• compare / contrast

writing that starts with a problem and then tells solutions to that problem

• problem - solution

• chronological

• sequential / procedural

• cayse / effect