Text Structure

The author writes about how sharks. Each sections has different information about one type of shark.

• cause and effect

• description

• problem and solution

Key words include first, second, next, then and last.

• description

• sequence

• compare and contrast

Clue words include because, cause by, effect and reason.

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

The author tells the story as it happens.

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence

The author tells that the snow storm caused school to be cancelled.

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Clue words are: both, same, different, alike, also, as well as.

• compare and contrast

• description

• sequence

What text feature is the author using when explaining the problem with people throwing trash in the ocean and how we can solve the problem.

• problem and solution

• sequence

• compare and contrast

Which text structure could you use and Venn Diagram?

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• description

When the author writes a recipe for a cookbook. How is the recipe written?

• compare and contrast

• sequence

• problem and solution

When an author is telling how basketball and baseball are a like and different, the author is using what text structure?

• problem and solution

• sequence

• compare and contrast