Text Structures and Patterns of Organization

What pattern of organization is signaled with time transitions?

• List of items

• Cause and effect

• Time order

• Comparison and Contrast

Choose the box with the right signal words for Cause and Effect

• first, second, third, then, next, last, during, after, before, immediately

• as a result, because, if...then

  consequently, therefore, leads to, due to, reason

• for example, specifically, as an example, to illustrate this, to explain this further, such as, including

• and, another, also, in addition, as well as, for one thing, moreover, furthermore

What pattern of organization is this passage: Despite both being aquatic animals, there are many differences between sharks and dolphins.

• Time order

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• List of items

What pattern of organization is signaled with an if...then statement?

• cause and effect

• comparison and contrast

• list of items

• problem and solution

What pattern of organization is this passage: Scientists remind people repeatedly-DO NOT FEED BEARS! Why is this so important? Bears that are fed become comfortable around humans, so they are more likely to damage property or injure someone. This may lead to them being injured or killed if humans perceive them as a threat. They are also more likely to cause a vehicle accident, which can cause injury or death to the bear and the humans involved. Humans can help protect bears simply by remembering not to feed them.

• List of Items

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Time Order

What pattern of organization is this passage: Moths and butterflies often look similar. Both have large wings and long, thin bodies, and both start their lives as caterpillars. However, butterflies usually have brighter colors on their wings than moths. Also, butterflies are most active during the day, while moths are generally creatures of the night.

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Definition and Example

What does effect mean?

• An event that occurs as a result of a cause

• An event that causes another

• The independent variable

• The reason for an event

What pattern of organization is described in this picture?

• Problem and Solution

• Time order

• List of items

• Definition and example

Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live. It will take many people working together to recover the wild chimpanzee population.

• Compare and Contrast

• List of items

• Problem and Solution

• Time order

The pattern of organization that tells what happened and why it happened is called:

• Cause and effect

• Time order

• Problem and solution

• Definition and example