Nonfiction Text Structure Quiz Review

The reason an author writes a text is called...

• main idea

• purpose

• structure

• passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The way in which information that you're reading is organized is called...

• problem and solution

• text structure

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When a text is written to explain how one thing makes something else happen, it is called...

• sequence

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• text structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When a text is written to address an issue and propose ways to fix it, it is called...

• cause and effect

• description

• problem and solution

• text structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When a text is written to give details about or to explain something, it is called...

• cause and effect

• description / generalization

• problem and solution

• text structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When a text provides information on how two (or more) things are similar and different, it is called...

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• text structure

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When events are described in the order they occurred in a specific time period

• cause & effect

• sequence / process

• chronological order

• description / generalization

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Text written to list steps in the order they must occur, usually to produce a product

• sequence / process

• chronological order

• compare & contrast

• cause & effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What does nonfiction mean?

• real

• made up

• fake

• factual

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

If you were writing an essay titled, "Air Pollution and the Things We Can Do to Prevent It," which text structure would you be most likely to use?

• sequence

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5