Text structures review

Which structure tells the order that events occur?

Key words are: however, similarly, like, unlike

Tells what happened and why it happened.

Key words are: first, next, then, last, years, numbers

Every morning, Gabby wakes up at about 7:00 AM. The first thing she does is make her bed and pick out the clothes she is going to wear. Then, She brushes her teeth and takes a shower. After her shower, she dries her hair and gets dressed.

While oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits that grow on trees, they are different colors and have very different tastes.

Every year, thousands of car accidents occur because of drivers distracted by their phones. Safe drive Corporation developed a product that will disable cell phones inside a car, and many people feel this product will help save lives.

I am writing about how Hurricane Katrina changed life in New Orleans after it destroyed most of the city.

1) After the school fire, there was a lot of damage. Our computer lab was a total loss. So we put on a fund-raising carnival the next Saturday. We used all the money to buy new computers!

 The organizational structure of this paragraph is…

2) Charlie went to the store, and bought a box of cookies. Then he walked home and shared the cookies with his friend Tom. After that, Tom was happy, and he gave Charlie a ball. Finally, Charlie went home to show his ball to his brother.

 The organizational structure of this paragraph is…