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What text structure talks about order in time?

• Chronological
• Compare and Contrast
• Cause and Effect
• Problem or Solution

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What text structure explains how something occurred because of something else?

• Problem/Solution
• Time Order
• Compare/Contrast
• Cause and Effect

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Daniel Sullivan was the first to notice the flames coming from the O’Leary barn at around 8:30 pm on October 8. A problem with the alarm box made it impossible for the people in the area to call for the fire department. By 9:30 pm, the entire block was blazing. In another 3 hours, there were fires all over Chicago. The heavy wind coming from the lake only made the fire bigger. It would be another day before the fire would be completely out. By that time, 17,500 buildings had been burned. Which text structure is used?

• Sequence
• Description
• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution

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Icebergs—giant blocks of ice that float in the sea—come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Some are deep blue or green. Some look like floating sculptures. Old icebergs that have been worn down by the weather sometimes look like pillars of ice. Usually, only about one-fifth of an iceberg appears above the surface of the water. The other four-fifths of the “berg” is hidden underwater, out of sight. Sometimes, an iceberg has what is called a “foot,” an extension completely underwater. These are especially dangerous for ships. It was an iceberg “foot” that sank the Titanic in 1912, killing 1,503 people. Which text structure is used?

• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Compare and Contrast
• Description

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What signal words does the  organizational text structure Description use?

• for example, also, one reason, another reason
• the use of dates
• like, unlike, but, in contrast, on the other hand, however, both, also, too, as well as, in common, yet, similar, however, different
• such as, for example, for instance, most important, in front, beside, near, on top of, so forth, above, across, appears to be, between, looks like

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Which words indicate that a passage is structured in cause and effect? 

• consequently, effect, cause, because, therefore, so
• next, first, finally, then, second, followed by, after
• the question is, problem, one answer is, solution
• different from, similar to, on the other hand, compared with, as well as

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Which transition signals explaining

• author states
• this illustrates
• in the same way
• in addtion

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Passage #10 What Happened to the Dinosaurs?

There are many theories about why the dinosaurs vanished from the planet. One theory that many people believe is that a gigantic meteorite smashed into the Earth. Scientists believe that the meteorite was very big and that the impact may have produced a large dust cloud that covered the Earth for many years. The dust cloud may have caused plants to not receive sunlight and the large plant eaters, or herbivores, may have died off, followed by the large meat eaters, or carnivores. This theory may or may not be true, but it is one explanation as to why these giant reptiles no longer inhabit the Earth.

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence/process

• chronological

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Which of the following paragraphs are written to convey a compare and contrast text structure?

• In a rural community, there are not many lights from buildings to block the stars. As a result, you can see many stars when you look up at the night sky.

• Urban and suburban communities both have stores, schools, banks, libraries and buildings. However, these things are more spread out in the suburbs than they are in urban communities.

• The tallest skyscraper in the world is Burj Khalifa in a city called Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Its had 163 stories and us 2723 feet tall.

• People may move to the suburbs so that they can have more space but still enjoy the city. Suburbs are usually so close to a city that you can get to the city and back in the same day.

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Passage #2 – The Best PB & J Ever When I got home from school after a long boring day, I took out the peanut butter, jelly, and bread. After taking the lid off of the jars, I spread the peanut butter on one side of the bread and the jelly on the other, and then I put the two pieces of bread together. After that, I enjoyed it while watching “Cops” on the TV. I swear, that was the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich I ever ate.

How is the above text organized?

• chronological

• problem/solution

• cause and effect

• spatial/descriptive

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