text structures

Since we ran out of bread, we went to the grocery store to buy more.

• problem and solution

• description

• cause and effect

• sequence

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In the beginning, I was a little nervous about teaching high school. Then, when I became a high school teacher I realized how fun it is. Subsequently, I love teaching teenagers and feel they have a lot to teach the world around them.

What type of nonfiction text structure is used here?

• Cause and Effect

• Anecdote

• Description

• Sequence and Order

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence/Chronological Order

• Descriptive

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• Compare and Contrast

• Descriptive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The text structure that is written in a style that tells what happened and why it happens is.

• Descriptive

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence/Chronological Order

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Kittens are similar to lions. They are both felines. They both have sharp teeth. However, a lion is much bigger than a kitten.

• Compare and contrast

• description

• question and answer

• sequence

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which text structure is this? Ideas, events, or facts are presented as causes in relation to the resulting outcomes.

• description

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Animals sleep in a variety of positions. Cats curl up as opposed to horses that sleep standing or bats that sleep hanging upside down.

• compare and contrast

• description

• sequence

• question and answer

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Choose the clue words that indicate Chronological order.

• At first, after this event, the next day,

• therefore, cause, effect, consequently

• possibility, struggle, hope, problem

• similar, different, common, on the other hand

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

This text structure tells what is the conflict, or problem, and how it was resolved.

• Problem and Solution

• Descriptive

• Compare and Contrast

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5