Text Structure Identification Quiz

Which text structure is being used when a passage discusses the similarities and differences between two topics?

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

• Sequence

• Description

What text structure would most likely be used in a story that explains events in the order they happened?

• Problem and solution

• Description

• Sequence

• Cause and effect

If a passage is explaining why dinosaurs went extinct and what happened as a result, which text structure is it using?

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

• Sequence

• Problem and solution

Which text structure would be used in a passage that describes what a rainforest is like?

• Description

• Sequence

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

When an author presents a problem and then goes on to suggest one or more solutions, what text structure are they using?

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

• Sequence

A passage that lists the steps to make a sandwich is using which text structure?

• Sequence

• Description

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

Which text structure might an author use to explain the effects of pollution on the ocean?

• Description

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

• Problem and solution

If a book chapter explains the differences between life in the city and life in the country, it is most likely using which text structure?

• Compare and contrast

• Description

• Sequence

• Cause and effect

A science article that explains how volcanoes form and then erupt is using what kind of text structure?

• Sequence

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

• Description

When a writer describes the features of a new smartphone in detail, they are using which text structure?

• Description

• Compare and contrast

• Sequence

• Problem and solution