Informational Text & Text Structure

What is the purpose of text structure?

• To confuse the reader

• To use complex language

• To organize information in a text

• To entertain the reader

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Which text structure explains how two or more elements are alike and different?

• Compare and contrast

• Chronological

• Description

• Cause and effect

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What type of text structure presents a problem and one or more possible solutions?

• Chronological

• Description

• Problem solution

• Compare and contrast

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In a description text model, the author describes a topic by listing ____________.

• Similarities and differences

• Causes and effects

• Events

• Characteristics, features, attributes, and examples

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How is a chronological or sequence text structure usually organized?

• By subject or similarities and differences

• By time or date

• By characteristics, features, attributes, and examples

• By problem and solution

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What does a compare and contrast text structure explain?

• The order of events

• One or more possible solutions to a problem

• How two or more elements are alike and different

• How one thing leads to another

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What is the purpose of a cause and effect text structure?

• To show how one thing leads to another

• To explain how two or more elements are alike and different

• To organize information in a text

• To entertain the reader

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CCSS.RI.5.5

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Which option is NOT a way to find the main idea of an informational text?

• Look for words used more than once
• Reread the first and last sentence
• Look at the title and heading
• Go to google and type in the title of the text

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What is the definition of integrity?

• The quality of being deceitful and lacking moral principles
• The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles, especially, when no one is looking

• The quality of being lazy and irresponsible
• The quality of being aggressive and confrontational

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Which is NOT a way to identify key words in an informational text?

• Bold
• Italics
• Color
• It smells

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