Lesson 2: Text Structures

This text structure is “how are things in the text similar or different.”

• Compare and contrast

• Problem and solution

• Description

• Narrative

The text structure that discusses what is specifically being described.

• Compare and contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Description

• Narrative

The text structure that is written in a style that tells what happened ang why it

happens.

• Description

• Chronological

• Compare and contrast

• Cause and effect

This text structure tells what the conflict is, or problem, and how it was solved.

• Problem and solution

• Compare and contrast

• Chronological

• Cause and effect

The text structure that shows events taking place over time or gives steps is…

• Chronological

• Narrative

• Description

• Cause and effect

Cause and effect uses the following transions/ signal words except

• Consequently

• Because

• If/then

• Such as

Text structure is the way in which a writer organizes language and information within text to serve a specific purpose.

• True

• False

Text Structures are important because it makes gaps between details in a text.

• True

• False

Which type of text structure answers the question "what are the major incidents that occur?"

• Chronological

• Description

• Narrative

• Compare and contrast

Cause and effect provide explanations or reason for ___________.