Identifying Text Structures

What type of text structure is used when the author explains how two or more things are alike and/or different?

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

• Chronological order

• Compare and contrast

In which type of text structure does the author show how one event leads to another?

• Chronological order

• Compare and contrast

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

What type of text structure is used when the author presents a problem and explains one or more solutions?

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Narrative

• Compare and Contrast

When the author provides details about how something looks, feels, tastes, or sounds, what type of text structure is being used?

• Narrative

• Expository

• Descriptive

• Persuasive

In which type of text structure does the author present information in the order in which it happened?

• Alphabetical

• Random

• Reverse

• Chronological

What type of text structure is used when the author presents events in the order in which they occurred in time?

• Alphabetical

• Chronological

• Random

• Reverse

When the author explains how one thing leads to another, what type of text structure is being used?

• Compare and contrast

• Problem and solution

• Chronological order

• Cause and effect

What type of text structure is used when the author provides a detailed description of a person, place, or thing?

• Narrative text structure

• Expository text structure

• Descriptive text structure

• Argumentative text structure

In which type of text structure does the author present a problem and then provides one or more solutions?

• Compare-Contrast

• Cause-Effect

• Problem-Solution

• Narrative

When the author presents information in the order in which it happened, what type of text structure is being used?

• Reverse

• Chronological

• Random

• Alphabetical