Understanding Text Structures Quiz

Which text structure is used when events are described in the order they happened?

• Problem and solution

• Sequential

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

What text structure is used to explain why something happened and what happened as a result?

• Sequential

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

Which text structure involves identifying a problem and proposing one or more solutions?

• Compare and contrast

• Sequential

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

When a text describes similarities and differences between two or more subjects, which structure is it using?

• Compare and contrast

• Sequential

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

A recipe for baking a cake is an example of which text structure?

• Problem and solution

• Sequential

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

A passage that explains how pollution leads to global warming is using which text structure?

• Compare and contrast

• Sequential

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

A text that discusses the pros and cons of two different smartphones is using which structure?

• Problem and solution

• Sequential

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

Which text structure would be used to describe the steps in the water cycle?

• Problem and solution

• Sequential

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

A text that describes how a new law can solve traffic congestion is using which structure?

• Problem and solution

• Sequential

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

Which text structure is used when a text explains how one event leads to another?

• Compare and contrast

• Sequential

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect