Text Structures

Text structure is how information in a passage is ________________.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

What are the six common patterns of text structure?

• Compare & Contrast

  Chronological

  Listing

  Cause & Effect

  Dynamic

  Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

  Dynamic

  Description

  Listing

  Cause & Effect

  Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

  Chronological

  Description

  Listing

  Cause & Effect

  Problem & Solution

  Description

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.W.6.2A

This text structure points out things that are alike and different.

• Compare & Contrast

• Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Description

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.9B

All of the following are signal words for which pattern of text structure?

--Different from

--In contrast

--Compared to

--Same as

--Yet

• Description

• Listing

• Compare & Contrast

This text structure puts facts, events, or concepts in order. It traces the development of a topic.

• Listing

• Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

Stories are typically told in _____________ order.

• Problem -> Solution

• Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Description

All of the following are signal words for which pattern of text structure?

--First

--Second

--Third

--Next

--Finally

• Listing

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological

A numbered list where the order does not matter.

• Enumeration/Listing

• Sequencing/Chronological

All of the following are signal words for which pattern of text structure?

--One

--Two

--Three

--Archie, Caroline, Herbert

• Sequencing/

  Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Description

• Listing

This text structure shows facts, events, or concepts happen because of other facts, events, or concepts. An action and its results are explained.

• Cause & Effect

• Chronological

• Listing

• Problem & Solution