Text Structure Quiz

What text structure gives the reader events in time order or a list of steps in a procedure like a recipe or a "how to" text?

• Chronological/Sequential Order

• Problem/Solution

• Cause and Effect

What type of text structure sets up a problem, explains how the problem can be solved, and discusses a specific solution?

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Description

What type of text examines the similarities and differences between two or more things, ideas, or concepts?

• Description

• Problem/Solution

• Compare/Contrast

• Chronological/Sequential Order

What text structure shows the relationship between one specific event, idea, or concept and the consequences that result from the event, idea, or concept?

This text structure also shows how one event can cause another event to happen.

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

What is the text structure for the passage below:

Hansel and Gretel came across a house that loomed large in the forest. As they approached the house, they realized that the house was made of candy: The window glass was made of glazed and spun sugar, the shingles were made of Kit Kat Bars. The posts and stair case were made of peppermints and candy canes and the roof was made of the most delicious smelling milk chocolate that they had ever smelled and was dusted with powdered sugar. Their mouths began to water.

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• It doesn't follow any text structure.

What is the text structure for the passage below:

iPhone and Android are both types of popular phones. The iPhone runs on an IOS operating system while Androids run on the Android OS. The IOS operating system is frequently updated by Apple while the Android makers are slow to push out their updates. Both the iPhone and the Android have fantastic app stores but the Android operates more like a personal computer while the Apple operates like a phone.

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Chronological/Sequential Order

• Cause and Effect

What is the texture for the passage below:

Maggie's dog wasn't feeling well for a few days. Her dog, Rex, wouldn't eat and kept throwing up. Maggie told her mom about how sick her dog has been. Maggie's mom told her to take Rex to the vet's office. Maggie called the vet's office and set up an appointment for Rex. The vet gave Rex a check-up and some medicine for his illness. After a few days, Maggie's dog started feeling better and eating again.

• Description

• Problem/Solution

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

What is text structure is the passage below:

On the day of the big game, Timothy was running late for school and left his water bottle at home. As a result, he did not drink enough water that Friday. When he got to the game that night, it was very hot. Timothy soon became dehydrated and had to sit out several plays due to severe cramping in his thighs and calves.

• Description

• Problem/Solution

• _{Cause and Effect}

• Compare/Contrast

What is the text structure for the passage below:

Heidi started off the school year by goofing around. Every chance she got, she got on her phone, watched TikTok videos or played games. Late at night when she was supposed to be asleep, she was chatting with her friends or on Snapchat. Heidi knew she was smart and she could figure things out in a hurry. But because she stayed up late at night, she felt sleepy and inattentive in all her classes. She would often fall asleep right when she got home and not do her homework. When progress reports came out, Heidi was quite surprised to find out that she was failing all of her classes.

• Description

• Problem/Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological/Sequential Order

What text structure of the passage below:

A chimpanzee’s body is made for climbing and swinging in the trees. First, it uses its long arms to reach a branch. Next, with its flexible hands and feet, it grabs and hooks on to the branch. Finally, it swings from that branch to another branch of tree.

• Problem/Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological/Sequential Order