Text Structures Quiz

Authors use different text structures to ________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add visuals to their writing

Which text structure would an author use when writing about the life of Jessie Jackson?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Which text structure would an author use when writing about the many factors that started the Civil War?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Which text structure would an author use when writing about an endangered species and how we can save it from extinction?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Which text structure would an author use when informing the reader about mole rats?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Which text structure would an author use when explaining the differences between four types of trees?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Which word or phrase is an author most likely to use when writing a cause and effect passage?

• similarly

• for example

• as a result

• finally

Which word or phrase is an author most likely to use when writing a compare and contrast passage?

• similarly

• for example

• as a result

• finally

Which text structure discusses WHY something happened and the RESULT of it?

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence

Which text structure gives a lot of information about a topic?

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence